Tianjin University introduces dairy milk quality control by optoelectronic equipment
The instrument, probably based on FT-IR, allows detection of quality-related paramenters within seconds. China Bio news release, Sept. 30, 2015
China’s authorities consider sugar target price system
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, cheap imports have hurt Chinese sugar producers considerably. As a consequence, the government considers to introduce stronger regulations on imports and start agricultural promotion programs China Bio news release, Sept. 30, 2015
CAS Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden studies social behavior of bees losing their leader
When a queen bee dies, her daughters select a lucky egg and feed it with royal jelly in hope of creating a suitable replacement. But the egg doesn’t always hatch. When that happens, the bee colony enters a state of anarchy, and a third of the workers starts laying eggs and seem able to juggle […]
CAS Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health discovers that oncogene stops generation of iPS cells
In experiments with undifferentiated stem cells, the group of PEI Duanqing found that c-Jun, a well-known transcription factor and oncogen, resulted in the differentiation of embryonic stem cells but inhibited reprogramming of somatic cells cultured with the „Yamanaka factors“. CAS news release, Sept. 28, 2015
CAS Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology develops Pichia system for sugar alcohol manufacture
The system developed by the group of MA Yanhe is based on the construction of a mutant library of Pichia anomala followed by protoplast fusion of fluorescence-labeled mutants and a chromogenic assay for high sugar alcohol producers. High-performance producers of D- arabitol, D-ribitol or D-xylitol from glucose or xylose were obtained, with maximum yields of […]
Under the new Five Years’ Plan (“135”), China’s biomass power industry will become commercial
In 2015, biomass-based power generation capacity was 13 MW, mostly from pilot operations. For “135”, it is planned to reach 30 MW through investiments in 200 biomass and 83 waste incineration plants. China Bio news release, September 22, 2015
South China Botanical Garden develops “fresh strawberry method”
The patented procedure is based on after harvest soaking in natamycin and using 0,1 – 1 µl of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) as an ethylene-formation inhibitor during storage. CAS news release, September 22, 2015
Bio-Environmental Materials Co. in Jiangsu’s Suqian starts construction of 50.000 t PLA plant
The Taiwan-owned enterprise plans a total investment of 3.3 billion yuan and the site will cover 150 acres. In the first phase of full production, annual output will reach 50,000 tons, and sales will reach 900 million yuan, with a revenue of 100 million yuan. The business plan calls for becoming the largest production base […]
WuXi PharmaTech receives Frost & Sullivan “2015 North America Open Development Technology Leader Award”
WuXi PharmaTech has operations in both China and the US, including global pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, which integrate drug discovery production services and more. They offer a cost-effective, efficient service platform to help global customers to shorten the drug and medical device development cycles, www.wuxiapptec.com China Bio news release, Sept. 19, 2015
Group at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University improves goat breeding for cashmere production
The group of CHEN Yulin, supported by Nanjing University’s HUANG Xingxu, used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technologies to knock out FGF5 and MSTN genes related to wool growth and myostatin in a total of 19 lambs of the Northern Shaanxi White Cashmere goat. The desired effects in terms of cashmere production and quality were observed China […]