Tianjin consortium develops endometrial regenerative cell therapy

A Tianjin-based consortium with Shunho Co as the lead company focused on endometrial regenerative cell (ERC) technology has been selected for a major national grant on drug development. ERC can be Isolated from placental tissue and developed in a range of personalized...

Korean-Chinese consortium sequences minke whale genome

The genome of which 2.44 GB were sequenced contains some 20.000 genes and is hoped to permit insight into, e. g., stress response to oxygen deprivation, increase in reactive oxygen species and high salt levels. Hyung-Soon YIM et al., Nature Genetics (2013)...