China in 2016 spent 2.1 % of its GDP on R&D

According tot he Ministry of Science and Technology, the spending reached 1.54 trillion yuan (233 billion USD) last year, with over 78 % coming from enterprises. S&T-related contributions contributed 56 % to China’s economic growth in 2016. CAS news release,...

BGI study reveals microbial flora in female reproductive system

The research group of JIA Huijue at Shenzhen’s BGI found that special microbiota exist in the reproductive system of healthy females which may be used as biomarkers for certain diseases. They analyzed the microorganisms in six regions of 110 healthy women of...

Healthy ageing may be related to composition of gut microbiome

A Canadian-Chinese study on the intestional microbiome of over very healthy 1000 Chinese people, aged from 3 to 100 years, found that a healthy older person is more likely to have a young” intestinal tract microbiome composition. Gut microbe composition of an...

China waits for regulations on several transgenic food products

Examples are a transgenic Yellow River carp, developed by ZHU Zuoyan’s group at the CAS Institute of Hydrobiology. Engineered for a triploid expression of the fish’s growth hormone, it grows 50 – 100 % faster. Taste and ecological behavior are considered equivalent to...