China plans 'largest gene bank'
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Citizens in Taizhou are being asked to contribute to what could become the world's largest DNA databank.
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China's capital  is to install 1,000 new condom vending machines to fight the spread of HIV and Aids.
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China on Thursday revealed its plans for space  -- including space walking, spacecraft docking and the setting up of a space laboratory before 2010, state media reported.
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A new database of tree genes has been released by Oregon and Swedish researchers in an effort to speed up basic and commercial research.
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Citic Securities, a top state-controlled investment bank in China, is planning to invest $1 billion in Bear Stearns and form a joint venture with the firm in Asia.
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A Chinese neurosurgeon arouses controversy for using cells from aborted foetuses to help cure patients affected by spinal and brain damage.
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Creating a bank to store a new type of  stem cell produced from donors' ordinary skin cells could help  reduce time and money for treating patients with regenerative  medicine in the future, a Japanese researcher said on  Wednesday.
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This is more than a stunt, South Korean scientists say, promising that successful gene manipulation in felines will open the door to advances in human genetic research.
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Scienctists have discovered widespread transfer of bacterial genes into the genome of numerous invertebrates.
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China will unveil new rules this week aimed at restricting the number of foreigners who can adopt Chinese children, an official said on Wednesday, which foreign agencies say will ban the obese and unmarried from adopting.
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A California company predicts it will soon be able to sequence an entire human gene map in four minutes, for just $1,000.
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Scientists from Singapore&#39;s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology have discovered two genes that may regulate the growth of cancer cells.
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A pig genetically engineered to glow fluorescent green passes its trait to its young, raising hopes in Chinese researchers that special pigs can be specifically bred to supply human transplant organs.
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Asia is set to become the driving force  behind biotech crops in the next decade, despite hesitance by  China to commercialize GMO rice, a Chinese scientist and an  international body said on Monday.
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China&#39;s population, already the largest in the world, will peak at 1.46 billion in 30 years, straining the country&#39;s healthcare system, putting pressure on jobs, and gobbling up a greater share of the world&#39;s food and energy resources.
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U.S. health officials have placed the genetic blueprints of more than 650 flu viruses into a public database, in an attempt to increase flu research and set an example for other nations.
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IBM said in a press release that it is working with many national lab and universities to develop Blue Gene supercomputer applications in areas such as life sciences, hydrodynamics, quantum