China’s bumpy drive toward tech progress – Tim Johnson
From Knight Ridder, via Siliconvalley.com: A look around China shows a handful of surprising advances in scientific niches, such as gene research, biomedicine and certain aspects of electronics....
View ArticleChina’s “Bio-Google” Hunts for Roots of Genius
At The Wall Street Journal, Gautam Naik details one of Chinese gene-sequencing firm BGI‘s current projects: a search for the genetic roots of exceptional intelligence, conducted together with Robert...
View ArticleShenzhen Genetics Firm Aims for Brighter Babies
‘China’s Bio-Google’ BGI-Shenzhen has attracted increasing attention in recent months, not least for its work with American psychologist Robert Plomin on tracing the genetic causes of exceptional...
View ArticleChinese Genome-Sequencer Leads Autism Research
At Economic Observer, Nick Compton assesses the fruits of a two-year partnership between BGI-Shenzhen and American advocacy group Autism Speaks. Early results suggest that genes may contribute to...
View ArticleInside BGI, China’s Genomics Factory
The New Yorker’s Michael Specter visits BGI Shenzhen, the world’s largest sequencer of genetic data, and examines its work towards food security, disease control and prevention...
View ArticleChina’s BGI Cloning on “Industrial Scale”
BBC science editor David Shukman writes that “China is on a trajectory that will see it emerging as a giant of science” after visiting a BGI “cloning factory”, where the world’s largest gene sequencer...
View ArticleNanjing Team Creates Genetically Modified Monkeys
Chinese scientists’ creation of a pair of genetically modified long-tailed macaques named Ningning and Mingming has sparked excitement among medical researchers and concern among animal rights...
View ArticleMinireview: 2018 in Censorship (Oct-Dec)
This series is a recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government authorities in 2018, this small fraction of which were then leaked and distributed online. The names of some issuing...
View ArticleGene-editing Scientist He Jiankui Sentenced to Three Years
Last November, He Jiankui, a researcher at Shenzhen’s Southern University of Science and Technology, announced that he had successfully used the CRISPR-CaS9 genome-editing tool to alter the embryos of...
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