China’s R&D spending increased by 11.6 % in 2017

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, R&D spending rose 11.6 percent year-on-year to 1.75 trillion yuan (about 280 billion U.S. dollars) in 2017. The spending accounted for 2.12 percent of China’s gross domestic product. Chinese enterprises spent...

Balancing dietary amino acids contribute to weight loss

Increased body fat in humans is closely associated with obesity and diabetes. In swine production, increased body fat is inversely proportional to production efficiency and meat quality. Therefore, a better understanding of fat development is important for both humans...

Thrombin loaded DNA origami fight cancer – animal experiments

The groups of Baoquan DING and colleagues at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) in Beijing and of Hao YAN at Arizona State University have constructed DNA origami decorated with a DNA aptamer which specifically binds to nucleolin, a protein...

China-US team explores „nanorobots“ to seek and destroy tumors

The groups of Baoquan DING and colleagues at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) in Beijing and of Hao YAN at Arizona State University have constructed DNA origami decorated with a DNA aptamer which specifically binds to nucleolin, a protein...