The group of Jiankang ZHU at the Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS SIBS, has discovered paramutation on tandem repeats in a transgenic Arabidopsis. In addition, multiple gene silencing pathways were involved in epigenetic inheritance and maintenance. The...
The team of Zhong HUANG used Pichia pastoris as an expression system to produce VLPs which were effective aganinst enterovirus 71 (EV71) in mice. Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is one of the major causative pathogens of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), which is highly...
In view of earlier reports on the mis-use of antibiotics, leading, e. g., to elevated levels of antibiotic metabolites in a high percentage of Chinese school-children, journalists in Shandong province have found that pig breeders use antibiotics such as...
According to Xinhua news, new mandatory standards for automotive fuel are imminent. From January 1, 2016, the 11 Eastern provinces’ vehicle fuels (Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong and Hainan) must meet a...
A research consortium in Chengdu has used two end-decorated homopolymers which respond to H2=2 and temperature to achieve thermo dual-controlled drug release. Loaded with doxorubicin, micelles exhibited cellular proliferation inhibition toward A549 cells. The studies...
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