China's first gene bank opens in Shenzhen (1/5)

Zheng Dongmin, a researcher with the China National GeneBank, stores a sample in a container with liquid nitrogen in Shenzhen City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Aug. 10, 2016. As China's first national gene bank, it is outfitted with dozens of refrigerators to store samples, as well as 150 domestically developed desktop gene sequencing machines. The gene bank hopes to boost the genetics industry and safeguard China's genetic information. (Photo/Xinhua)

A researcher works at the China National GeneBank in Shenzhen City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Sept. 6, 2016. As China's first national gene bank, it is outfitted with dozens of refrigerators to store samples, as well as 150 domestically developed desktop gene sequencing machines. The gene bank hopes to boost the genetics industry and safeguard China's genetic information. (Photo/Xinhua)

A researcher works at the China National GeneBank in Shenzhen City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Sept. 20, 2016. As China's first national gene bank, it is outfitted with dozens of refrigerators to store samples, as well as 150 domestically developed desktop gene sequencing machines. The gene bank hopes to boost the genetics industry and safeguard China's genetic information. (Photo/Xinhua)

A researcher works at the China National GeneBank in Shenzhen City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Sept. 20, 2016. As China's first national gene bank, it is outfitted with dozens of refrigerators to store samples, as well as 150 domestically developed desktop gene sequencing machines. The gene bank hopes to boost the genetics industry and safeguard China's genetic information. (Photo/Xinhua)

A view of gene sequencing machines at the China National GeneBank in Shenzhen City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Sept. 6, 2016. As China's first national gene bank, it is outfitted with dozens of refrigerators to store samples, as well as 150 domestically developed desktop gene sequencing machines. The gene bank hopes to boost the genetics industry and safeguard China's genetic information. (Photo/Xinhua)