Analysts said that Futong achieved a breakthrough in the manufacturing of optical fiber preform, the core raw material for optical fiber production, and is the first enterprise in China that can make this material with the latest all-synthesis technology.

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Other companies are also in the business of making DNA for drug companies and other research organizations, which save time by using newer DNA synthesis methods instead of laboriously copying cells and inserting or deleting bits of genetic material.

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