Window to Japan
The concept is based on directed drug delivery using specific siRNA and vitamin A derivatives. Clinical collaboration is with Sapporo Medical University. Nitto Denko news release, April 22, 2014
Japan suffers from over 30.000 suicides per year and has established a suicide prevention center in October 2006 by which this study was done. Nikkei Biotech news release, April 22, 2014
Thailand, the world’s largest exporter of tapioca, provides cassava pulp as the raw material to this demonstration plant which will produce 1,8 kl/day or 656.000 kl/y of bioethanol. The plant is located in Sakeo Prefecture, and the Japanese contractors are Iwata Chemical Co. and Sapporo Breweries. NEDO news release, April 22, 2014