Jan 29, 2014
A team around CA Vacanti at Harvard Medical School and researchers at RIKEN’s Institute for Developmental Biology in Kobe have found that mouse lymphocytes can be turned into pluripotent cells after a short stress at lowered pH. STAP cells (for stimulus-triggered...
Jan 28, 2014
UDP glucuronosyltransferase (UGT1A1) is a metabolic enzyme important in the medication with irinotecan, a DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor and drug used for the treatment of lung or colon cancer. In patients with UGT1A1*6 and UGT1A1*28 genotype, there is a possibility...
Jan 23, 2014
Using pathway engineering in cyanobacteria (Synechocystis sp.), a production efficiency of > 14 % based on CO2 supply was achieved. Addition of acetate increased PHA accumulation to 41 %. Nyok-Sean LAU et al., PlOS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086368
Jan 23, 2014
The company will focus on a service platform to support individualized genomic information for Japanese customers Sony news release, January 23, 1014
Jan 22, 2014
The new labelling system is presently discusse by the Consumer Agency and MAFF. Nikkei Biotech news release, January 22, 2014
