Six years ago Dr. Chao Yu-chan, a research fellow with the Academia Sinica's Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), started work on a project with the MDARES and the COA's Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI) to develop the use of silkworms (Bombyx mori) as "molecular farms" to produce genetically engineered proteins. Their efforts are providing Taiwan with entirely new ways of thinking about silkworms.
6 年前，中研院分子生物研究所研究員趙裕展，與苗栗農改場、家畜衛生試驗所合作，決定開發以蠶寶寶做為製造基因工程蛋白的「分子牧場」，為家蠶在台灣打開一條新「思」路。