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Jitsubo is a venture company which offers efficient synthetic peptide manufacturing and peptide drug discovery. In a recent financing round, the company raised 2,5 billion Yen new capital. Jitsubo is a member of the Sosei Group. Jitsubo news release, November 11, 2016
The group of Akira HARADA at Osaka University has developed a new coating material based on polyrotaxane gliding materials. After cutting and scratching, over 80 % is repaired within 10 minutes, and the recovered film is solvent-free. Surface scratches recover within 30 minutes to nearly 100%. Wide applications are foreseen, from car repair to hemostatic […]
Following the Fukushima tsunami incident, the government had initiated a program to develop a range of remote control unmanned machines such as hydraulic excavators which can access disaster areas for clean-up operations. In comparison with conventional construction machines, the tele-commanded robots have good dynamic characteristics and haptic force, aiming at accurate and reliable work. The […]
Defects in inner ear cell gap junction formation are the most frequent cause of hereditary deafness and hearing loss. A group around Kazuyoshi KAMIYA at Juntendo University School of Medicine succeeded to generate cells forming such connexin-based gap junctions from iPS cells PR Times, November 11. 2016