Guest guest Posted November 8, 2000 Report Share Posted November 8, 2000 XI'AN: China has established an animal cloning base in Yangling, China's only State-level agricultural technology development zone, in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Experts here said the base is expected to boost the industrialization of China's bio-tech discoveries. Covering 40 hectares of land, the base will apply cloning technology to the breeding of cattle and sheep. The base will focus on embryo engineering, gene engineering and biopharmaceutical development. It will also introduce advanced technology to the processing of animal products. The base welcomes Chinese and overseas scientists to take part in research programmes and hopes to become a giant in the country's high-tech animal husbandry industry as well as a demonstration park for the country's agricultural bio-tech industry. Experts believe that the base will be of great importance to agricultural restructuring and to efforts to improve the environment. In June, the Northwest University of Science and Technology for Agriculture and Forestry cloned a goat from an adult's body cells. The goat died from defects in its lung 36 hours after it was created. Xinhua ---------- ---- 11/08/2000 Author: Copyright© by China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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