Nature China will highlight the best research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong, providing scientists from around the world with a convenient portal into publications drawn from across all scientific disciplines.
Prenatal diagnostics: Finding the extra copy
Scientists have developed a non-invasive prenatal detection method for Down's syndrome
Cholesterol synthesis: Regulation by destruction
Scientists have found that the degradation of a key enzyme involved in cholesterol synthesis is regulated by a cofactor known as Ufd1
Prostate cancer: A receptive warning
An increase in the number of erythropoietin receptors in normal prostate cells is an early warning sign of prostate cancer
Anisotropic materials: Not affected by temperature
Huge and permanent anisotropy has been observed in an olefin-copper complex
Super-hard conductors: Electric diamonds
Calculations predict that a diamond-like boron-carbon compound could be the hardest known conductor
Neurogenesis: Stem-cell maintenance
Id proteins help regulate neuronal differentiation by sustaining the expression of the key transcription factor Hes1
