New synthetic biology research center opens

East China Normal University launched a biomedical research center for mammalian and medical synthetic biology in April.

The center will play a key role in strengthening biomedical education and research at the university, says Qian Xuhong, head of the university and director of the center.

Ye Haifeng, executive director of the center and researcher at the university's school of life sciences, says the center will focus on developing techniques for intelligent diagnosis and treatment of diseases through synthetic biological approaches, covering artificial intelligence cells, gene and cell therapy and tumor intelligent immunotherapy.