China to Build Genetic Chip PlantChina is building its largest genetic chip manufacturing plant in Guangdong Province, according to Tuesday's Chinadaily.Shanghai BioWindow Gene Development Company Limited and Zhaoqing Star Lake Biotech Company Limited have announced they are to establish the new company with a total investment of 250 million yuan (30 million US dollars), in Zhaoqing in south China's Guangdong Province. The Shanghai BioWindow Gene Development Company, a Fudan University-based company, agreed to invest its technology in the new company while its partner Zhaoqing Star Lake Biotech will provide the financial banking. "For the moment, BioWindow's products and technology are mainly used in clinical diagnosis," said Qing Yilong, general manager of Shanghai-based United Gene-Tech (Group) Company Limited, the parent group of BioWindow, Their products include genetic chips that are used for diagnosing prenatal hereditary diseases and liver cancer. Without the help of genetic chips, researchers used to be restricted to analyzing one gene relating to one disease, at a time. But by using the chip, they can inspect thousands of genes at one time and analyze any number of diseases. |
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