China’s main cause of liver cancer is viral hepatitis

According to a national liver cancer clinical registration survey, 83 % of patients were male, and infection (58 %) and/or alcohol consumption was the main cause of disease. China Bio news release, November 14, 2017

5 Chinese companies among the global top 25 in market capitalization

According to a survey by Genetic Engineering News (GEN), the following 5 companies have entered the top 15 ranks: Sinopharm Holdings (24), Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical (13), Yunnan Baiyao Group (18), Kangmei Pharmaceutical (19) and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical...

China rüstet Beidou-Satellitensystem für globale Reichweite auf

Zwei Beidou-Satelliten der dritten Generation, die ersten ihrer Art, wurden am 5. November von einer Long March 3B Trägerrakete vom Xichang Satellite Launch Center in der Provinz Sichuan gestartet und in eine mittlere Erdumlaufbahn gebracht. Die neuen...

China has launched the „Pig Model Project“

Following an International Forum on Animal Biotechnology, the Chinese Academy of Engineering has announced that the country will launch the international pig model project (PMP, http://www.pigmodel.org). Organized by the Ministry of Science 
and Technology and...

China upgrades Beidou satellite system for global reach

Two 3d generation Beidou satellites, the first of their type, were launched by a Long March 3B carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province on Nov. 5 and were placed in medium Earth orbit. The new-generation satellites feature better...