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In the 1st phase on Next-generation printed electronics materials and processes fundamental technology development” (2011 – 2016), high-definition printing on flexible substrates using pressure sensors etc. was achieved. In the second phase (2016 – 2018), this technology will be customized, leading to printing without photolithography through Thin film transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD) of any […]
Projects will include robot-assisted surgical instruments, brain-computer interface for the early diagnosis of dementia, oral endoscopic surgery etc. Nikkei Biotech news release, April 27, 2016
The Tokyo-based venture company which originates from research seeds at the University of Tokyo applies Next Generation Sequencing procedures to analyze the individual skin microbiome and suggests individual cosmetics to, e. g., treat juvenile acne and other ingredients to keep a juvenile skin. TAK Circulator website https://www.tak-circ.com/en/
Two cells has developed a method to harvest mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) from healthy human synovial cells and injects them after expansion into the damaged knee. A clinical trial will be started in 2017 and products launched in 2020. First products will address cartilage damage caused by sports or accident, and later expansion to osteoarthritis […]
The Toyama-based pilot plant produces up to 5 kg/hr hydrogen from 90 kg aluminum scrap, equivalent to the filling amount of the fuel cell vehicle traveling distance of about 700km. The equipment contains a pulper type separator which separates pulp and aluminum-plastic by high speed rotation of the composite material, a dry distillation furnace which […]
Cyberdyne, developer of the HAL robot suit, and Keio University have initiated a study to combine rehabilitation of spinal cord-injured patients by combined use of iPS cell-derived neural stem cell transplantation and use of HAL robot suit. Cyberdyne news release, April 118, 2016
In the procedure, developed at RIKKEN’s SPring8 radiation facilities, microcrystals of proteins are mixed into hyaluronic acid as a hydrogel transport medium, and 20.000 to 30.000 high-resolution diffraction patterns are obtained by femtosecond laser irradiation from which the protein structures can be calculated at about 2 A resolution or better. The procedure is expected to […]
The society HQ is located in Kyoto, and its president is Taku YAMAMOTO of Hiroshima University. https://jsgedit.jp
The sequencing service on gene mutations in cancer tissue of cancer patients was started in April 2015 with Kyoto University Hospital and later expanded to Okayama and Hokkaido University Hospital. By the end of 2016, two more university hospitals will follow. Sequencing is done in the USA, and MKI carries out IT analysis of the […]
J-TEC, now a Fujifilm company, has started two projects under the Japan AMED mechanism (an NIH-type funding): the development of autologous epidermis including physician-led clinical trials for skin reconstruction, and the expansion of autologous mesenchymal stem cells for applications in ischemic diseases. April 12, 2016