China’s National Gene Bank builds largest database of birth defects

Samples of birth defects number close to 13.000, and genetic data over 5.000. The number of birth defects in China is about 5.6 %, with an annual increase of about 900.000. Mr ZHANG Yong, head of the National Gene Bank, hopes to elucidate origin of birth defects by...

Gansu Province tests consumer acceptance of GM food

Since January 2, 2014, GM-labeled food is offered at specially labeled counters in a supermarket in Lanzhou, Gansu province. The program is considered to help consumers make a choice between GM- and non-GM-food such as salad oil offered side by side. The idea is to...