Oct 30, 2017
Japan’s hyper-aging society will have enormous effects on industry, medical services, nursing etc. The JST-supported project carried out by Chiba University allows a preview on 2040 for the consequences of population decline for each prefecture. JST news release,...
Oct 30, 2017
In cooperation with Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Eurofins and Genebay, Toyota will commercialize this technology developed in its Bioresearch Institute in Miyoshi. The technology is based on Genotyping by Random Amplicon Sequencing and allows the genetic screening...
Oct 29, 2017
The groups of Atsushi MIYAWAKI and Asako SAKAGAMI at RIKEN have developed an improved flurescent probe (FUCCI (CA) ) whose fluorescence differs once a cell is in phase S, G2 or M phase of its cell cycle. The technology is based on cell-cycle dependent...
Oct 27, 2017
The group of Akihiro KONDO at RIKEN has used synthetic biology to produce maleic acid from glucose in recombinant E. coli by a novel pathway. The research team combined 3-hydroxybenzoic acid synthetase (Hyg5) derived from Streptomyces hygroscopicus, 3-hydroxybenzoic...
Oct 27, 2017
Hurler syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type I) is a lysosomal storage disorder characterized by deficiency of a specific enzyme, alpha-L-iduronidase, responsible for the degradation of glycosaminglycans (GAGs), and results in excessive buildup of GAGs throughout the...
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