Researchers at Peking University develop new type of flu vaccine

The group of Deming ZHOU modified the premature termination codon (PTC) in the genome of influenza A virus and found that the modified virus could no longer replicate in regular cells. Antibody response was comparable to an existing live-virus vaccine, and a second...

BGI publishes life science data resource BIG Data Center””

The components and access data for the center have been published in Nucleic Acid Research and are an important milestone to integrate China’s life and health data collections into the global genome data sharing network. CAS news release, December 5,...

Consortium to build LED plant factory in Quanzhou, Fujian Province

Partners are Zhongke Biological, a member of the Fujian San’an Group, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences They will jointly invest 7 billion yuan in 4 years to build a plant plant research institute, a plant factory and warehouse, and a marketing and...