Terumo’s product name is Medisafe With”, weighs 34 g and has a body slightly larger than a match box. It must be replaced every 3 days. From the main body, a plastic needle stabs into the skin. Insulin is injected from here, and adjusted using a remote control...
A team around Takahiro ARIMA at Tohoku University has succeeded to establish human TS cells from placental trophoblast. Trophoblasts with high purity were isolated from human placenta and genes and factors were identified that control their growth. Based on this...
A group from Hitachi Zosen and Casco Co., under a NEDO contract, used a Eucommia (Euophorbia)-derived trans-polyisoprene polymer as a new biomaterial to prepare golf balls („Biospin“) which will be marketed from April 2018. The process includes vulcanization and...
A group around Tadashi AKIAKI of Kyushu University found that titanium dioxide catalyst was effective for the electrochemical synthesis of glycolic acid from oxalic acid. A membrane-electrode assembly with enhanced substrate permeability and a solid polymer-type...
In the Phase I/II clinical trial, pregnant women’s amniotic membrane („medical waste“) are used for mass culture of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and investigated for the treatment of Crohn’s disease and acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). In preclinical...
