Shenzhen court finds manufacturers of fake drugs guilty

Several companies in Hong Kong and Shenzhen had been found to smuggle foreign anti-cancer drugs into China and sell them on a black market. Due to the lack of cold-chain storage during smuggling, some of the drugs may have been inefficient or even dangerous to the...

2017 was the warmest year on record for global oceans

According to the CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics, the last five years have been the five warmest years in the oceans. The long-term warming trend driven by human activities continued unabatedly.  The increase in ocean heat content in 2017 occurred in most regions...

CAS implements „Microbiome Plan“

With a total investment of 30 million yuan and 14 research institutes comprising 30 research teams, the project will be implemented for two years, and through the implementation of this ‘seed program’, pre-research work will be done for the ‘China...

2017 top ten Chinese achievements in medical biotechnology

According to an evaluation committee of the China Association of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology led by 11 Academicians, the following ten achievements are considered top among 2017 developments: 1. Approval of recombinant Ebola virus vaccine, produced in serum-free...