Important bio-relevant changes in China 2015

According to a lead article, 1. the sales of prescription drugs over the internet will strongly increase, due to deregulation by the CFDA, 2. drug prizes will be gradually liberalized, 3. a new environmental protection law with toughter penalties has been enacted as...

Death causes of Chinese are changing

According to a survey in “Lancet”, life expectancy of Chinese has increased by an average of 8.6 years since 1990 and is 73,6 years for males and 80 years for females (2013). For the population aged 15 – 49, road injury and stroke are the leading causes of death (26,7...

National Germplasm Repository in Sichuan progresses

As a resource for Chinese herbal medicine, the Sichuan Germplasm Bank is a national key project. It is planned to store up to 200.000 germplasm items, and supporting laboratory area will be 1245 m2, plus 1640 m2 for short-term storage etc. China Bio news release, Jan....