Archive: Biotechnology
Biotechnology 2011 Research Highlights
Transgenic plants: Blood farm
Edward Duca
Published online: 07 December 2011 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2011.87
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et al. Large-scale production of functional human serum albumin from transgenic rice seeds. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi:10.1073/pnas.1109736108 (2011).
Top of pageRice genetics: Nice and plump
Felix Cheung
Published online: 07 December 2011 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2011.91
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et al. Natural variation in GS5 plays an important role in regulating grain size and yield in rice. Nature Genet. doi:10.1038/ng.977 (2011).
Top of pageGenomics: Not all monkeys are the same
Felix Cheung
Published online: 02 November 2011 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2011.84
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et al. Genome sequencing and comparison of two nonhuman primate animal models, the cynomolgus and Chinese rhesus macaques. Nature Biotechnol. doi:10.1038/nbt.1992 (2011).
Top of pageGenetic engineering: Better cotton, better clothes
Edward Duca
Published online: 03 August 2011 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2011.53
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et al. Spatiotemporal manipulation of auxin biosynthesis in cotton ovule epidermal cells enhances fiber yield and quality. Nature Biotechnol. 29, 453–458 (2011).
Top of pageGene therapy: Little RNA keeps cancer away
Felix Cheung
Published online: 06 April 2011 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2011.19
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et al. Identification of miRNomes in human liver and hepatocellular carcinoma reveals miR-199a/b-3p as therapeutic target for hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Cell 19, 232–243 (2011).
Top of pageMedical biology: To my heart's keeper this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 02 March 2011 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2011.11
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et al. miR-499 regulates mitochondrial dynamics by targeting calcineurin and dynamin-related protein-1. Nature Med. 17, 71–79 (2011).
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