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According to Healios’ CEO Hardy TS KAGIMOTO, Helios plans to start clinical trials with iPS-derived RPE in 2017 and hopes for approval in 2020. For international trials, cooperation with Lonza is envisioned. Nikkei Biotech news release, June 30, 2015
The 800 m2 two story laboratory will be located in Nakagami, Okinawa, and focus on adipose stem cells, using serum-free media technology for expansion. R&D is done in collaboration with the University of the Ryukyus. Rohto press release, June 26, 2015
The system with a photovoltaic power generation of 30 kW and 60 L/h of hot water supply has a hydrogen electric power storate capacity of 350 kWh. One of the applications of H2One is response to disasters: after a natural disaster, the system will be transported by flatbed truck to the affected areas and continue […]
„ReproNaive™“ is a medium component which keeps iPS cells in the naive (unprimed) state for at least 10 days. It was developed by Naoki NISHISHITA at the Kobe Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation who is also Adviser to ReproCell. It will be sold from July 2015 for 30.000 Yen (~250 €) per unit. ReproCell […]
The sales of Euglena-related products were 2,7 billion Yen in 2014, of which 80 % was in yoghurts, drinks and other health food, and the remainder in cosmetics. The products are mostly sold by the internet. Fuji Economy „2015 edition of useful biological components and materials“
Using Qiagen’s competence in extraction and amplification reagents for pre-processing and Hitachi’s know-how in equiment technology, a fully automated gene analyzer and next-generation sequencer based on the PCR method will be developed. Major applications will be in disease analysis and genetic testing, with a vision to do complex genetic testing for cancer diagnosis. Hitachi High-Tech […]
In the joint development of Sekisui Medical with the National Cancer Institute, the time for measurement is aimed at just 10 to 15 minutes, being much shorter than in existing equipment. It aims to analyze quickly CpG islands related to renal, gastric cancer or colon cancer. In Sekisui Medical, other types of cancer epigenetics are […]
Using 13 varieties of rice straw and preprocessing technology, 47 types of materials which can be used for biofuel production were analyzed by NMR, in a collaboration between Kobe University (Akihiro KONDO) and RIKEN. RIKEN news release, June 18, 2015
RIKEN and Osaka University team visualize no stain non-invasive cell differentiation using Raman spectroscopy superposition of all molecular vibrations making up a cell, the Advanced Bio-imaging research team of RIKEN’s Life Systems Research Center and cooparating partners were able to show the differentiation of C2C12 cells, a model cell line for muscle differentiation. RIKEN news […]
The process is based on the feeding of .alpha.-levulinic acid which forms heme in normal cells, but protoporphyrin IX in undifferentiated iPS cells. Protoporphyrin IX-containing cells can then be selectively destroyed by phototherapy. SBI news release, June 11, 2015