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...

CAS QIBEBT team improves cellulosome purification and analysis

The group around LIU Yajun at the CAS Institute of Bioenergy and Bioproess Technology achieved directed engineering of cellulosome for in situ purification of the catalytic domain of Cel48S, an exoglucanase, in one step with high purity and full activity. Substantial...