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World DNA and Genome Day opened
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On April 25, 2005 World DNA and Genome Day was inaugurated in Dalian, a
coastal city in Liaoning province in northeast China.
The theme of the
event is "For our common thread". It is hosted by the Science & Technology
Department of Liaoning Province, Dalian Municipal Government and World High
Technology Society.
All the speakers at the ceremony, including those
from the organizers and Dr. Avram Hershko, one of the five Nobel Laureates
attending the event, stressed in their speeches that this year marks the 52nd
anniversary of the discovery of DNA double Helix Structure and the 5th
anniversary of the publication of the genome of human being.
Dr. Avram
Hershko, winner of Nobel Prize in 2004 for chemistry, and Dr. Ferid Murad who
was honored Nobel Prize in 1998 for Medicine, gave presentations about their
research at the Nobel Forum right after the ceremony.
There will be more
than 30 sessions with focuses on genome technology and business. Keynote
speeches by Nobel Laureates are scheduled.
The event will last till
April 28.
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(Editor:Farah Song) (From:People's Daily Online )
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