BEIJING - China has created the world's first medical instrument that can induce, culture and screen stem cells automatically, benefiting the development of regenerative medicine.The instrument, developed by the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with independent intellectual property rights, makes the large-scale culture of stem cells possible.Scientists around the world are looking for "keys" that enable humans to regrow tissue or organs lost due to illness or injury, like a gecko can regrow a tail.Stem cells can self-renew or multiply while maintaining the potential to develop into other types of cells. They can become cells of the blood, heart, bones, skin, muscle, brain or other body parts. They are valuable research tools and might in future be used to treat a wide range of ailments.Previously, inducing, culturing and screening stem cells could only be achieved manually, which lacked uniform standards and was inefficient, costly and unsafe, restricting the wide application of stem cells in regenerative medicine."Distinguishing stem cell from other cells is like picking out a needle in a haystack. It's an arduous work to do manually. The efficiency of the newly invented equipment is equivalent to that of 24 technicians," said Pan Guangjin, vice president of the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health.Chinese scientists spent four years developing the instrument. Previously almost all of the country's high-end life-science instruments were imported from the United State and Europe. bracelet montre silicone24 hour wristbandwristbands with a messageblue silicone braceletprint your own tyvek wristbands
Han Changfu, minister of agriculture, at a news conference on March 7, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] The focus of agriculture will be shifted from an increase in quantity to improving quality, said Han Changfu, minister of agriculture, at a news conference on Wednesday during the ongoing two sessions. China's grain production capacity, agricultural modernization and farmers' incomes have improved tremendously in the past decades, and this has established the foundations to shift the focus, Han said. 800 million people in China used to go hungry, now 1.4 billion Chinese people live an abundant life with sufficient supplies of food. It's a huge change, Han said. New agricultural policies emphasizing quality improvement will be released; agricultural development will be transferred from resource-draining production to methods ensuring sustainability and high efficiency; technologies applied to agriculture will also focus more on the quality and safety of agricultural output. Objectives regarding agricultural development in the coming years will see more environmentally friendly produce with low resource consumption to satisfy consumer demand and improve the efficiency of agricultural production and its international competitiveness. The ministry launched the year of better quality on Feb 6 in Fujian province, aiming to seek a high-quality increase in agricultural output rather than just quantity. design your own rubber bracelet onlinecustom womens braceletssilicone bracelets no minimum ordercolor wristbandscool things to do with rubber bracelets<%2fcenter>
