The paper mainly probes into the engineering characteristics and ethical dilemmas of life science and technology.It holds that only through the strengthening of scientists' and their community's sense of responsibility,the construction and supervision of ethics committee and popularization of life science and technology and bio-ethics could its ethical dilemmas be surpassed.

Objective:To investigate the liposoluble constituents in fruit of Cnidium monnieri. Methods:The liposoluble constitu-ents in fruit of C. monnieri were extracted by Soxet extraction. The extracted liposoluble constituents were methyl esterified and then analyzed by GC-MS for the first time. Results:Thirty-nine compounds (85. 33%) were identified from the liposoluble constituents in fruit of C. monnieri. Phytol (15. 98%), hexadecanoic acid (12. 73%), 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid (11. 02%), 9-octadecenoic acid (6. 33%) and 9,12-octadecadienoic acid (4. 77%) were the main constituents of the liposoluble constituents in fruit of C. mon-nieri. Conclusion:Phytol, hexadecanoic acid, 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid and 9-octadecenoic acid are the active ingredients in fruit of C. monnieri.

OBJECTIVETo analyze the clinical features and gene mutation of Chinese children with Alport syndrome(AS).

METHODFrom May 2011 to May 2014, clinical and pathological information gathered from 25 patients was retrospectively analyzed. COL4A5, COL4A4 and COL4A3 genes were analyzed using next-generation sequencing in these patients, and gene mutations of related family members were identified by Sanger method.

RESULTOf these 25 cases, 19(76%) had X-linked Alport syndromes (XL-AS), 6 had autosomal recessive Alport syndromes (AR-AS). Twenty five patients had an onset of hematuria and proteinuria and in 8 cases the disease was induced by upper respiratory tract infections. Hearing loss was present in 2 of 25 (8%) cases and ocular lesions in 1 of 25 (4%). Renal pathology showed that 16 of them had minimal change disease (MCD), 8 mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (MsPNG), 1 focal segmental glomerulo-sclerosis (FSGS). Extensive lamination and split of glomerular basement membrane (GBM) dense layers were found in 2 (8%) of 25 patients. Twenty one of 25 patients (84%) showed abnormal renal α-chain distribution. COL4A5, COL4A4 and COL4A3 genes of 25 patients (23 families) were analyzed and 24 pathogenic mutations were identified: 18 in COL4A5, 1 in COL4A3 and 5 in COL4A4. It was observed that 13 patients inherited the mutation from the mother, 3 patients inherited from the father, 2 patients inherited 1 mutation from the mother and another mutation from the father, and 7 patients carried the novel mutations.

CONCLUSIONXL is the main inherited type in AS. Most of patients showed MCD and MsPNG in renal biopsy. This research examined 24 mutations and 16 mutations were not reported previously.

Child ; Deafness ; Genes, Recessive ; Genotype ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Kidney ; Mutation ; Nephritis, Hereditary ; genetics ; pathology ; Pedigree ; Phenotype