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The team around Ya-Jun LIU has used a genome editing system to create a recombinant strain of C. thermocellum wich secretes an additional ß-glucanase. The mutant strain showed twofold increased degradation of 100 g/L Avicel in a two-stage saccharification process. The effect is believed to be due to less inhibition of C. thermocellum’s cellulosome by […]
The Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAAA) signed MOUs with 6 polar research institutes, from Argentina, Chile, Germany, Norway, Russia and the United States, to step up cooperation in site inspection, scientific research, logistic support, environmental protection and management, personnel exchanges, policy planning and education. CAS news release, May 26, 2017
The countries are Argentina, Chile, Germany, Norway, Russia and the United States, and the cooperation will be in fields such as site inspection, scientific research, logistic support, environmental protection and management, personnel exchanges, policy planning and education. CAS news release, May 26, 2017
According to LI Wang, chairman of China’s Satellite Navigation System Committee, China will launch some 18 Beidou navigation satellites by 2018. Six to eight Beidou satellites will be sent into orbit in the second half of 2017. The Beidou (North Star) satellite navigation system will be able to provide services for countries participating in the […]
The center will be focused on new drug developments and manufacturing, using the competences of the Ningbo Institute of Drug Research as a core function. In addition, development of novel medical equipment will be of central interest. Total investments are planned at 4.85 billion yuan (650 million €). China Bio news release, May 24, 2017
On May 18, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital inaugurated the “Long March Cell Clinical Research Center”, a joint military and civilian unit. The center comprises a fertility preservation center” which stores ovarian tissue and eggs and provides 3 years of free preservation of perinatal cell for each baby born here. Immune cells of cancer patients are stored […]
A joint team of Heilongjiang University, FU Honggang, and the Jinan Shengquan Group have found a procedure to prepare graphene from corn cob cellulose. The production line allows for an output of 100 t/y and will be further scaled-up. China produces 100 million tons of corn cobs per year, mostly in Shandong, Hebei aund Liaoning […]
The group of JIANG Min at Nanjing Tech University has isolated Clostridium strain NJP7 which, in an optimized medium containing vitamin B3, forms 2.06 g/L n-butanol and 054 g/L of isopropyl alcohol during simultaneous saccharification of hemicellulose and fermentation. China Bio news release, May 22, 2017
The startup company, located in Wuhan Optical Valley in Hubei Province, claims to have achieved yields of 10 g/kg of rice at a purity of 99,9999 %. A clinical trial is planned from August 2017 at Beijing Tongren Hospital. Presently, the output of rHSA by the company is limited to 1 t/y, but construction of […]