When the 2006 calendar is about to be turned, and went to the end of year inventory. Time step is always like that rush, 365 days in orbit, there is still a clear likelihood of yesterday, has been focus. Looking back at 2006 and scientific fields and small news, what we in mind?
Life sciences are considered to be the 21st century competitive risks and challenges are the most promising achieved a major breakthrough in the "Wonderland", recalling that in 2006, domestic and foreign life science research, let body be the life science research requires not only technical, but also need patience and rational, thinking on innovation.
Harvest: fruits
18 may, the British and American scientists report, human chromosome-a last one chromosome 1 3141 a gene in the whole complete sequencing. These genetic defect involves 350 kinds of diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, etc. This marks the last 16 years, the human genome project declared complete. 25 may, an international research team in online publishing in Science, they reported on the through long-term research confirmed HIV really originated in Cameroon of wild chimpanzees and humans back to the "root" AIDS. August 31, United States National Cancer Institute scholars to Science online reports, they used gene therapy in the treatment of melanoma, the early show and has not been found toxic effect of the therapy are the hope for breast cancer, lung cancer and other cancer treatment ...
In China, the fourth military medical University in the people's Liberation Army xijing hospital on April 14, completed the first cases of "facial tissue transplantation surgery." In October, the Academy of military medical sciences developed China's first mobile laboratory biosafety level 3; in November, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of development success at present, known in the highest virus insecticide products. After ten years of unremitting exploration and repeated practice, by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of crop science researcher Dr Wah Lau, establishment of dwarf wheat breeding technology, the new system successfully in wheat breeding practice and has achieved significant results ...
2006 fruitful life science research, Science, Nature, Cell, internationally renowned journals published a large number of Chinese and foreign scientists of influential research results. Of course, most people proud, 9 November, the World Health Assembly special session of the China recommended candidate, Ms. Margaret Chan as the new Director-General of WHO, she became the United Nations specialized agencies in the highest positions of Chinese.
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