About life and future science made in the world's largest "clone factory" mass-producing cloned pigs

In "cloning technology" of manipulating the mystery of life which is "the domain of God" there are problems which are not solved in terms of technical and ethical issues. The world's first cloned sheep "dollyAlthough it is the world of cloning technology that is in conflict with the opposition from the direction since the birth, the BBC reports on the evolution of cloning technology on an unprecedented scale advanced in China .

BBC News - China cloning on an 'industrial scale'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25576718

Located in the southern city of China, ShenzhenBGIThe company's laboratory is now the largest "cloned pig factory" in the world. In the breeding area adjacent to the laboratory, 90 pigs are raised on 1 floor, but this is all "made" pigs by cloning technology.


"Cloning technology" itself is not that new, but what is raised here is its size. At BGI's facility, 500 cloned pigs are "made" in a year, and cloning technology has already been used as a means of mass production in earnest, not at the level of the story.


Next to the breeding facility is a treatment room for genetic manipulation. On the treatment table the anesthetized sow lying and the leg was covered with a blue plastic bag.


The technician inserts the fiber scope into the pig body and confirms the position of the uterus. And another technician, for the transplantBlastocystRemove the test tube containing it from the refrigerator. This is an embryo made at the research facility, artificially "planted" in the pig body. The operating room is not air-conditioned and the level of cleanliness is not high. Flies are flaring above the pig's head.


Everything seemed to be part of a flow work, and despite the fact that there were interviewees from overseas, it did not seem to get through to it. There are two treatments on this day, and the success rate in the entire procedure is 70 to 80%. In another breeding place, the newly born piglet was breast-feeding by her mother. This is all the life born from the cloning technology, it is an individual who was genetically engineered.


One of the aims for BGI to make cloned pigs is in the development of new drugs. These pigs are genetically structured very close to human beings and are used as "models" of clinical trials for new drugs against humans. A small swine is genetically manipulated so that growth stops at the age of 1 year, and another pig is treated to make it susceptible to Alzheimer's disease.


In the building of BGI company, there was a room where many engineers looked at the microscope side by side with desks. Instead of using expensive dedicated equipment, the facility uses a technique called "BGI innovation" that manipulates genes with human hands. This technique called "hand-made cloning" is a technique designed to be advanced at a speed faster than conventional genetic manipulation processes.


Dr. Yutao Du, the responsible official, explains the technology as "This is a facility where 30 to 50 engineers are teams" cloning factory ", it is possible to do clones on a large scale" I will. The word "clone factory" that appears in science fiction novels is actually used at this facility, which was originally a shoe factory, and is about to be established as a new industry.


BGI is not only the largest clone factory in the world but also the world's largest gene sequence analysis center. Equipment called "gene sequencer" of the refrigerator large that operates in the adjacent facility is deciphering the code which becomes the source of life separately.


The scale is far superior to the conventional one. It is the largest gene analysis facility in EuropeSanger InstituteThe number of gene sequencers introduced by 30 is 30, while BGI has introduced 156 devices and has bought the device manufacturer further. In the project launched in the UK, we aim to decipher the human genome of 10,000 people, whereas BGI aims to decipher DNA of 1 million people, 1 million animals, and 1 million plants of plants I say that.


Mr. Wang Jun, executive at BGI, stressed that the research content of the company "will provide benefits to the lives of the general people through health care and more delicious foods" , Explaining the necessity of implementing it cheaply. In BGI's canteen, many ingredients ranging from usual twice as much fish and pigs to yogurt are actually offered.


Mr. Wang returned three amazing answers on the selection criteria for decrypting subjects. "All that felt as" delicious "should be deciphered, you should know what is the source of deliciousness, then the area of ​​health care for people, and" cute " Cute animals such as pandas, polar bears, penguins, etc. should all be deciphered, like digitizing wonderful creatures. "

In response to the question "How do you feel about having the power to control natural objects," Mr. Wang instantly follows "Nature is followed, there are many people who die of starvation in the world. In order to solve the problem, BGI is trying to draw a potential possibility that rice, for example, is hidden as seeds. "

China is stepping forward to become a giant of the world even in the field of science. "The lunar robot that arrived at the moon, the world's fastest supercomputer, and BGI's efforts will tell us what standards centered around the industry will bring to future science," the report concludes It is.