China seeks strategic biotech breakthroughs from Tibetan Plateau animal poops

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(TibetanReview.net, Dec02’25) – Chinese scientists have found what could be new secret weapons in their hand to make technological breakthroughs:  the faeces of yaks, Tibetan sheep, antelope and other herbivores native to the Tibetan Plateau that harbour thousands of previously unknown microbial species, some of which could be game changers for biotechnology, reported the scmp.com Nov 30.

The researchers have mapped an enormous collection of unknown microbes hidden inside these animals, revealing biological functions that could power the next generation of biotechnology. They have revealed that the enzymes found in many of these faecal microbes could strengthen industrial processes that depend on...

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