The panel approved gene modifications of fertilized human eggs for basic research but rejected the technology’s clinical use due partly to the unknown impact on the next generation China Bio news release, May 4, 2016
Japanese consortium starts jPOST, an international standard data repository on the human proteome
jPOST (Japan ProteOme STandard Repository) centered at Kyoto University has collected and standardized human proteomic data from Japan and other nations in Asia and Oceania and is accessible since April 2016. JST news release, May 2, 2016
Sony and Illumina start „P5 Canceer Genome Report“ service
The service is directed to the rapid sequencing of 35 cancer-related genes in samples of solid cancers. The first customer is Okayama University Hospital. Okayama University news, https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/hos/koganzai/P5report/index.html