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In August this year, Chinese scientists completed 40 silkworms independently.

Marianne Goldsmith, director of the Department of animal science, University of Rhode Island and international liaison officer of the international Lepidoptera genome project yesterday raised a thumbs up saying that China's achievements in Bombyx mori genes are the starting point of the modern silk road.

"Sericulture in twenty-first Century is far larger than traditional sericulture. Besides silk, silkworm is still more widely used."

Goldsmith said that at present, there are about 15 thousand genes in Silkworm (Bombyx mori) that have been studied. These genes cover the field of silk production, pest control and bioengineering. "This is a new silk road.

How to use these genes to promote social development is the next step for international sericultural institutions.

Research on silkworm genes can control insect pests.

Academician of the Chinese Academy of engineering and professor of Southwestern University, Professor Zhong Xiang, who has been working in sericulture for more than 50 years, said: "studying silkworm genes is of great help to modern pest control."

"Silkworm is a lepidopteran insect.

70% of the current agricultural pests are Lepidoptera.

Studying silkworm genes is an important way to effectively control insect pests.

Xiang Zhonghuai introduced that scientists could control pests by changing the genes of Lepidoptera insects.

This does not pollute the environment.

Xiang Zhonghuai also said that in the recent international well-known R & D institutions in Chongqing action, many countries' Sericultural Research Institutes have thrown olive branches to Southwestern University.

At present, the data of Bombyx mori gene research in Southwestern University are provided free of charge.

Silk can skin graft sericin cocoon beauty.

The research of Bombyx mori gene shows that silk can be used in biotechnology as well as textile silk.

Xia Qingyou, director of the Institute of biotechnology, Southwestern University, the Key Laboratory of sericulture and genomics of the Ministry of education, and deputy director of the Key Laboratory of sericulture of the Ministry of agriculture, introduced the latest uses of silk in the seminar.

Silk clothing is very close and very comfortable, because silk contains a lot of natural protein.

This protein is similar to human skin protein and is a hydrophilic protein. "

Xia Qingyou said that at present, a brand-new method of skin grafting is being tried in medicine: when human skin is burned, it can extract silk protein and make a coating material.

Covering the injured area with this coating material, new skin will grow slowly on the wound, so that no skin grafting is needed in other parts of the body.

"At the same time, through genetic changes, a silkworm cocoon called sericin cocoons has made a great difference in the Japanese beauty industry.

Sericin cocoons look like ordinary cocoons, but when placed in hot water, it will melt quickly.

Female friends can apply melted water to the face. This is a high-end moisturizing mask. "

Xia Qingyou said that at present, China has abundant resources of sericin cocoons and can be put into production at any time.