Marine biotechnology: 863 11th five-year plan finalized

The expert group in charge signed into projects such as:
– Marine microbial products, including drug candidates and enzymes,
– Seaweed oligosaccharides and chitosan,
– Salt-tolerant plants at beaches
– Optimized procedures for marine food preparation
– Deep-sea extremophiles and their genes
– Antitumor agents of marine origin

People’s Net, Sept. 13, 2012