May 31, 2017
Japan’s leading gene test company which commands about 80 % of the Japanese genetic testing market has decided to switch its microarray supplier from Thermo Fisher to a customized array of Illumina which contains SNPs from over 500.000 people, including East Asians....
May 29, 2017
With the advent of industrial production of CNTs in the ton range, NEDO is now supporting studies on the safety of CNTs and composite products. NEDO news release, May 29, 2017
May 29, 2017
Cell Technology Co. has established a network with 1700 institutional dental care facilities in Japan for dental pulp cell storage. Stem cells from neural crests in permanent teeth are easily collected and have high proliferative power. The contract with Aichi Gakuin...
May 26, 2017
The motor is 80 mm × 25 mm in size and weights about 3 g. It generates up to about 0.1 N · m of rotational force (corresponding to a bending force of a little finger) and the maximum operating angle reached 90 degrees. The motor is filled with acetone which is...
May 26, 2017
The group of Shiro FUTAKI at Kyoto University’s Chemical Research Institute has modified a spider venom peptide – hemolytic peptide M lycotoxin – which destabilizes cell membranes such as to allow endocytosis of antibodies. The mutant M-lycotoxin L17E does not destroy...