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The group of Osamu KOBAYASHi used a sequence of immobilized catalysts, combined by precise flow synthesis, to synthesis the chiral product Rolipram in 8 steps (Multistep Continuous Flow Synthesis of (R) – and (S) -Rolipram Using Heterogeneous Catalysts) Osamu Kobayashi et al, Nature 10.1038/nature14343
The diagnostics company plans to distribute the antibody-based kit through pharmacies and drug stores. If a positive signal is observed, the test person is advised to seek medical advise. China Bio news release, April 14, 2015; https://www.albacorp.co.jp/aboutkit/
Chairman will be Daisuke SHIBATA of the Kazusa DNA Research Institute. Nikkei Biotech news release, April 14, 2015
Based on technology for knee cartilage repair developed at Mukogawa Women’s University and on equipment for tissue expansion developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries under a NEDO contract, the first clinical trials were now done at Chulalongkorn University and Srinakhanrinwirot University, Bangkok. This venture is important to Japan for developing ASEAN markets for her regenerative medicine […]
Evergene, a 100 % subidiary of e-service provider MIT, and Stagen, a Tokyo-based service provider for clinical tests, have started their genetic analysis business „DearGene“. The focus is on genetic risk prediction of various life-style related diseases, female health management, food allergy and cancer. SNP analysis is handled by Takara Bio Evergene press release, April […]
Japan Vaccine, a joint venture of several companies including Daiichi Sankyo and Terumo, has obtained manufacturing and sales permission for a device developed by Terumo that combines a needle and pre-filled syringe for the administration of Kitasato Daiichi Sankyo influenza HA vaccine into the upper parts of skin. This is believed to improve recognition by […]
The treatment uses adipose tissue-derived multipotent progenitor cells as a raw material, which are changed into cardiomyocytes within the heart muscle after administration by a cardiac catheter. Whereas the competing technology of cell sheets requires cardiovascular surgery, over 1200 hospitals in Japan can perform heart catheterization, and treatment can be done in a hospital at […]
Using RIKEN’s SPring-8 synchrotron facility, the structures of AdipoR1 and AdipoR2, two human adiponectin receptors, were solved. It is hoped that this study will contribute to the development of new adiponectin receptor agonists that can be used for the treatment of obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Hiroaki TANABE et al., Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature14301
The drink contains Lactobacillus gasseri and is advertized to remove purine from blood, e. g., after urate-rich meals or drinking beer. Meiji news release, April 4, 2015
HOKUSAI-GW is the follower oft he RIKEN super Combined Cluster RSCC, operating since 2004, and the RIKEN Integrated Cluster of Clusters RICC, established 2009. The massively parallel computing system performs up to 1000 trillion floating point operations per second and will service RIKEN’s physics, chemistry, biology, and medical science departments. The HOKUSAI-GW system aims towards […]