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A Tianjin-based consortium with Shunho Co as the lead company focused on endometrial regenerative cell (ERC) technology has been selected for a major national grant on drug development. ERC can be Isolated from placental tissue and developed in a range of personalized stem cell preparations. China Bio news release, November 29, 2013
The collaboration will focus on the diagnosis of non-invasive fetal trisomy and hereditary cancer and is seen as a starting point for collaborations with other Arab and African states BGI press release, November 27, 2013
The memorandum was signed by Schleswig-Holstein’s Prime Minister Torsten Albig and Zhejiang Yonghua, President of Zhejiang University. The center will use German advanced technology and equipment to produce clean fuel for cars and buses from waste and biogas. Contracts for cooperation in prostate and urinary tract cancer diagnostics were also signed. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, […]
The vesicles combine temperature-dependent properties of smart polymers with the properties of gold nanoparticles to achieve a temperature-related targeted release of doxorubicin to tumor tissue Ha WEI et al., Nanotechnology, doi:10.1088/0957-4484/24/49/495103
The genome of which 2.44 GB were sequenced contains some 20.000 genes and is hoped to permit insight into, e. g., stress response to oxygen deprivation, increase in reactive oxygen species and high salt levels. Hyung-Soon YIM et al., Nature Genetics (2013) doi:10.1038/ng.2835
D-ribose is produced by fermentation from rice or corn syrup in yields of 6 – 8 %, using Bacillus mutants. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, November 25, 2013
The cooperation partner is Guozhen Co. In addition to ethylene glycol, which is directed towards the synthesis of PET bottles, strdaw-based ethanol is also being considered. China Bio news release, November 25, 2013
In the framework of this program, each year 5 Jiangsu researchers with a doctorate and excellent English or German language skills are financially supported by Jiangsu S&T department to study for one year at a Fraunhofer Institute in Germany. The long-term target of Jiangsu is to establish its own organization similar to Fraunhofer for the […]
Shenyang Neusoft Group, Beijing Medical Equipment Co. and others will be stronger supported to this end. China Bio news release, November 23, 2013
The milk samples studied came from cows, yak, water buffalo, goat and camel, and milk composition was studied in view of physiological function and as a standard to identify adulteration. China Bio news release, November 23, 2013