Updated October 2013
Background Information on the Organisation
- Mission Statement
To conduct research in basic and technological sciences; to undertake nationwide integrated surveys on natural resources and ecological environment; to provide the country with scientific data and advice for governmental decision-making, and to undertake government-assigned projects with regard to key S&T problems in the process of social and economic development; to initiate personnel training; and to promote China’s high-tech enterprises by its active involvement in these areas.
- Organisational status
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is a leading academic institution and a comprehensive research and development center for natural science, technological science and high-tech innovation in China.
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Annual Research Budget
US$ 1.6 billion
Stem Cell Budget
$166 million/5 years (the budgeting is normally operating on a 5-year cycle)
Stem Cell Strategy
The stem cell strategy of CAS is to establish stem cell banks, which include ES, NTES, iPS cells and adult stem cells from mice, rats, human, non-human primates and other species (normal and disease, experimental and clinical grade), as well as preclinical/clinical trials with primate models.
Key Stem Cell Centres/Investment
Recent Research Achievements and Outputs
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Induced from Mouse Somatic Cells by Small-Molecule Compounds.(http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6146/651.abstract)
- Directed Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Thymic Epithelial Progenitor-like Cells Reconstitutes the Thymic Microenvironment In Vivo. (http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(13)00272-5)
- Androgenetic haploid embryonic stem cells produce live transgenic mice. (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v490/n7420/full/nature11435.html)
- Generation of Genetically Modified Mice by Oocyte Injection of Androgenetic Haploid Embryonic Stem Cells. (http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(12)00421-7?switch=standard)
- The role of Tet3 DNA dioxygenase in epigenetic reprogramming by oocytes. (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v477/n7366/full/nature10443.html)
National Stem Cell Network or Contact Point
- Committee of National stem cell and tissue engineering research
- Innovation and Strategic Alliances of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Industry and Technology
- Major Projects of National Science and Technology
- The National Basic Research Program (also called 973 Program)
- Hi-TECH Research and Development Program of China
Other Major Funders of Stem Cell Research in China
- Ministry of Science and Technology
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Ministry of Education of China
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