beijing, CHINA: A labatory technician holds a lab mouse before operating on it as part of a stem cell research programme at the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Zhongguancun Science Park in Beijing 26 May 2006. Zhongguancun has China’s highest concentration of scientific and technological institutions and corporations dubbed China’s ‘Silicon Valley’ as China’s high-tech industries gather pace. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS. (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)
