Animal experiments at Kao Co. have shown that the addition of glucosyl hesperidin lowers blood pressure and triglycerides in blood. As a consequence, “umami rich soy sauce” of Kao obtained the FOSHU status by the consumer agency. Nikkei Biotech news release, Dec. 27,...
The group of Yuji NAKATSUJI at Osaka University Medical School studied the effect of 18 types of yeasts contained in fermented food on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in experimental animals by analyzing the intestinal microflora and the systemic...
The group of Seiichi TOKI at the Biological Laboratory of NIAS has applied Transposagen’s footprint-free piggyBac transposon technology to obtain insect-resistant rice by genomic modification. This is the first application of this technology to plants, and the authors...
“Cellnest” is an artificial collagen exposing RGD sequences. It is produced by recombinant yeast and offered as a freeze-dried powder. Fujifilm news release, Dec. 25, 2014
The program includes a) vertical axis straight airfoil tidal power generation (Ohshima Shipbuilding and others), and b) water-floating ocean current power generation (IHI, Toshiba and others). NEDO news release, Dec. 25, 2014