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The seed extracts contain significant amounts of piceatannol (3,3′,4,5′-tetrahydroxy-trans-stilbene), a compound which prevents the ageing of blood vessels, suppresses collagen degradation etc. Morinaga news release, April 2013
Associate Professor Koji KADOKAWA of Hiroshima Institute of Technology found by two standardized methods (ORAC and DPPH) that if wheat is milled according to a procedure invented and patented by Steinmetz Patentmüllerei Hamburg, which includes cleaning, washing and soft removal of the shell and her bitter components, the resulting wheat flour and bread has high […]
The combination of a light microscope and a mass spectrometer allows to observe samples to be mass spectrometric analyzed directly in the one instrument. – Application are in disease biomarker research and biological function studies Shimadzu press release, April 25, 2013
Using cecropin P1, an intestinal antimicrobial peptide as a binder, Nippon Meat Packeers and Hokkaido University (Professor AIZAWA Tomoyasu) have developed a sandwich ELISA assay for the fast detection of various enterohemorrhagic strains of E. coli, Campylobacter and Salmonella, based on a lateral flow assay. JSBBA Annual Meeting in Sendai, March 7, lectures 4A11a08 and […]
The test is based on a HCV viral core protein antigen, and measurement is by BLEIA (bioluminescence based on firefly luciferase). EIKEN Chemical press release, April 22, 2013
At a meeting on April 18, the clinical study at Chiba University Hospital concerning the autologous transplantation of LCAT transgenic cells and proliferative adipocyte as a delivery vehicle for the treatment of familial lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency was accepted. Clinical Cell Biology and Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, https://www.m.chiba-u.jp/class/clin-cellbiol/research/contents/lipid.html
The method is based on the isolation and propagation of Streptococcus epidermidis from an individual’s own skin and applying it in form of a skin-care formulation. Collaboration is with Nagasaki International University’s Professor Ryuzo SAKAKIBARA JSBBA Annual Meeting 2013, Sendai, lecture 3C31a15
In Japan, 2,8 million people suffer from atopic dermatitis, 10 million in the US. AnGes MG press release, April 17, 2013
The company will develop, design, manufacture and sell endoscopes for a new style surgery with 4K or more resolution and 3D mechanism, and associated systems, further integration of medical and visual equipment in an operating room Sony press release, April 16, 2013
Two groups at Hamamtsu and Tohoku University have developed a biocompatible film obtained by plasma polymerization which protects life samples under high vaccum and allows the observation of life processes under an electron microscope. Yasuharu TAKAKU et al., doi: 10.1073/pnas.1221341110 PNAS April 15, 2013