Month: February 2018

When the function of the hypothalamus and the posterior pituitary gland is insufficient, vasopressin secretion decreases, and urine secretion is largely increased (Diabetes insipidus). A group around Hiroshi ARIMA succeeded in maturing hypothalamic precursor cells derived from human ES cells and differentiating them into hormone-producing neurons. From the dorsal hypothalamus , vasopressin neurons could be […]

Within NEDO’s project of a „hydrogen society“ and Osaka’s H2 Osaka Vision, the top-class solid-oxide fuel cell will be tested over 4000 hours for durability. Key data are: a. Fuel used City gas 13 A (Main component is methane) (demonstrated by medium pressure supply), b. Rated output 20 kW class, c. Power generation efficiency over […]

AMED’s Medical Big Data Research Center is based on an earlier cooperation of the National Institute of Informatics (NII) with the Universities of Tokyo, Kyushu University, and Nagoya University. Proposals submitted to the Japanese Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Japan Pathology Association, and Japan Medical Radiology Association, respectively, were adopted as research themes in FY 2016, […]

Based on developments at the University of Tokyo (JST ERATO Someya Project*) the company is developing a thin and stretchable skin display which it plans to market within 3 years**. In this device, 16 × 24 px micro light emitting diodes and stretchable wires are mounted on a rubber sheet. The size of the micro […]

CO2 emissions from the Japanese steel industry are about 180 million t per year. NEDO, in collaboration with Kobe Steel, JFE Steel Corporation, Nippon Steel Sumikin and Nissin Steel completed four test runs of a verification test of CO2 emissions in the world’s largest test blast furnace (capacity 12 m3) built in a steelworks premises. […]

Kaneka acquired a domestic patent on technology to cultivate in a large scale suspended pluripotent stem cells such as iPS cells using lysophospholipids. The technology was developed by Yasuyuki SAKAI of the University of Tokyo. Kaneka news release, February 22, 2018

In order to prepare PDX, specimen of tumors of cancer patients collected by biopsy or surgical operation are transplanted into immunocompromised mice. After the cancer cells proliferate in the mouse body, passages are done two or three times with another mouse. The cell line for PDX thus obtained is stored frozen, thawing the cell when […]

In the new scheme, a guanidine catalyst is used for ring-opening polymerization instead of an organolithium compound. In this method, water can be used, making operations simple. Depending on the ratio of cyclic trisiloxane and water, the average molecular weight of the polysiloxane can be controlled, up to an average molecular weight of at least […]

In collaboration with the University of Tokyo, the company developed a thin and stretchable skin display. With a unique mounting technology, 16 × 24 px micro light emitting diodes and stretchable wires were mounted on a rubber sheet. The size of the micro LED is 1 x 0.5 mm, the emission wavelength is 630 nanometers […]

In addition to the Central Hospital (Tokyo · Central) and East Hospital (Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture) selected by the National Cancer Research Center as the core bases, Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Keio University, Tokyo University, Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Okayama University, and Kyushu University Hospitals have been appointed. Genomic medicine examines genes of […]