From the first test tube cow to human genome sequencing project

From the first test tube cow to human genome sequencing project

The head of the Beijing Institute of Genomics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced recently that the Institute will work with its domestic counterparts to implement the three major genome projects, which will enable China's genome research to reach new heights. These three plans are the "Yanhuang Project" with the theme of human genetics and health, the "Shen Nong Project" with the theme of traditional Chinese medicine modernization, and the "Xuanyuan Project" with the theme of animal and plant and microbial genome research. And 21 years ago, China’s life science research has just begun. On the morning of January 26, 1983, China's first test-tube milk cow was born and became the first female cow to succeed in the "test tube embryo transfer" operation in China. During the 21 years, China's first cow from the test tube to the Human Genome Project in 1999 took on 1% of the sequencing task and became the only developing country to participate in this program. Although it took a relatively long time to participate, Chinese scientists completed the “Chinese scroll” on August 26, 2001 two years in advance and won high praise from the international scientific community. According to Yang Huanming, a Chinese contact person of the Human Genome Project, China has shared all the technologies, resources, and data created by the plan through participation in the Human Genome Project. China's participation has been recognized by the entire world. Participating in this plan is also a review of the strengths of several generations of Chinese scientists. It is a reflection of economic development, improvement of international status, and improvement of strength since the reform and opening up. It is a reflection of our society’s strategy of advocating science and actively implementing the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education. Immediately after the successful completion of the Human Genome Project, China announced that it would spend huge sums of money on the basis of existing work to strengthen the follow-up research and development of the human genome. The reporter learned from the Ministry of Science and Technology that China has included the follow-up research and development of the human genome into the “functional genome and biochip” of one of the 12 major science and technology projects. The state has invested 600 million yuan to develop functional genes related to major diseases and important physiological functions, the development and application of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the Chinese nation, and proteins related to human major diseases and important physiological functions, functional genomes of important pathogenic fungi, etc. Research and development, further improve China's biotechnology innovation system, and strive to enable China to enter the world in human post-genome research. James Watson, one of the discoverers of DNA double-helix structure, believes that China's genome research institute "can compete with and compete with any international similar institution in the world." China has become "an important role in DNA science."

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