<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Science &amp; Health</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news_category/science-health/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp</link>
	<description>News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:02:27 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	
		<item>
		<title>Once infertile woman gives birth after novel Japanese surgical experiment</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/01/national/once-infertile-woman-gives-birth-after-novel-japanese-surgical-experiment/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=once-infertile-woman-gives-birth-after-novel-japanese-surgical-experiment</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/01/national/once-infertile-woman-gives-birth-after-novel-japanese-surgical-experiment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 03:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infertility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=462125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A 30-year-old infertile woman gave birth after surgeons removed her ovaries and re-implanted tissue they treated in a lab, in an
experimental technique that could help women in their early 40s who have trouble getting pregnant because of their age, Japanese researchers find.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/01/national/once-infertile-woman-gives-birth-after-novel-japanese-surgical-experiment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Team finds leukemia genes in Down kids</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/23/national/team-finds-leukemia-genes-in-down-kids/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=team-finds-leukemia-genes-in-down-kids</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/23/national/team-finds-leukemia-genes-in-down-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Down syndrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leukemia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=458977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Genes causing a type of leukemia that mainly strikes children with Down syndrome have been discovered by a team of Japanese researchers including Hirosaki University professor Etsuro Ito. The finding, published in Sunday&#8217;s edition of U.S. science journal Nature Genetics, may help to develop a drug to counter the genes, the team said. About 5 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/23/national/team-finds-leukemia-genes-in-down-kids/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Team identifies gene responsible for suppressing onset of leukemia</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/10/national/team-identifies-gene-responsible-for-suppressing-onset-of-leukemia/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=team-identifies-gene-responsible-for-suppressing-onset-of-leukemia</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/10/national/team-identifies-gene-responsible-for-suppressing-onset-of-leukemia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiroshima University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leukemia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=453500</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A team of researchers, including scientists from Hiroshima University, has identified a gene that acts to suppress the onset of leukemia and other blood cancers even after DNA damage caused by exposure to radiation, according to a study published in a U.S. scientific journal. The team believes that the loss of the Samd9L gene through [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/10/national/team-identifies-gene-responsible-for-suppressing-onset-of-leukemia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fukushima: health disaster or PR fail?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/07/national/fukushima-health-disaster-or-pr-fail/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fukushima-health-disaster-or-pr-fail</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/07/national/fukushima-health-disaster-or-pr-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great East Japan Earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation leak]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=452262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing about having a nuclear accident in a rich country is that at least there is going to be good medical care and long-term monitoring. The repair and clean-up operation is another matter, of course &#8212; which is why Japan is currently under pressure to accept help from abroad in fixing the appalling mess [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/07/national/fukushima-health-disaster-or-pr-fail/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stressed expats need, but oft sidestep real help: therapist</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/29/national/stressed-expats-need-but-oft-sidestep-real-help-therapist/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=stressed-expats-need-but-oft-sidestep-real-help-therapist</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/29/national/stressed-expats-need-but-oft-sidestep-real-help-therapist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[foreign residents in Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[therapist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=435459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many expatriates who face problems adjusting to the cultural differences of Japan tend to abuse alcohol and other drugs to deal with the stress of the transition, according to a Polish psychologist and therapist who counsels foreign residents in Japan. &#8220;Many people are not prepared to live in Japan and are surprised that their experience [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/29/national/stressed-expats-need-but-oft-sidestep-real-help-therapist/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Scientists open animal sperm bank</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/scientists-open-animal-sperm-bank/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=scientists-open-animal-sperm-bank</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/scientists-open-animal-sperm-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animal sperms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endangered spieces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freeze-dry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preservation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=434998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Japanese scientists launch a sperm bank for endangered animals that uses freeze-drying technology they hope could one day help humans re-create animal populations on other planets. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/scientists-open-animal-sperm-bank/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>6% would abort if new blood test finds flaw: study</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/6-would-abort-if-new-blood-test-finds-flaw-study/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=6-would-abort-if-new-blood-test-finds-flaw-study</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/6-would-abort-if-new-blood-test-finds-flaw-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abnormalities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pregnancies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prenatal tests]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=435138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An Okayama University team&#8217;s poll of 557 pregnant women has found that 5.7 percent would have an abortion if an initial blood test indicated the likelihood of fetal chromosomal abnormalities. The survey was the first large-scale study on pregnant women in Japan after a new prenatal blood test was introduced in April to screen for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/6-would-abort-if-new-blood-test-finds-flaw-study/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Programming error suspected behind scrubbed rocket launch</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/programming-error-suspected-behind-scrubbed-rocket-launch/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=programming-error-suspected-behind-scrubbed-rocket-launch</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/programming-error-suspected-behind-scrubbed-rocket-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 04:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Epsilon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JAXA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rocket]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=434870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Experts suspect a computer programming error and lax preliminary checks were among the reasons Japan&#8217;s newest rocket didn&#8217;t get off the ground Tuesday. The computer controlling the launch of the three-stage Epsilon rocket at the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture detected an abnormality in the rocket&#8217;s position only 19 seconds before its scheduled liftoff [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/programming-error-suspected-behind-scrubbed-rocket-launch/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>3-D imaging technology helps bring the past to life</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/27/national/3-d-imaging-technology-helps-bring-the-past-to-life/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=3-d-imaging-technology-helps-bring-the-past-to-life</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/27/national/3-d-imaging-technology-helps-bring-the-past-to-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mami Maruko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artifacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Tokyo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=434653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine standing in the middle of Angkor Thom in Cambodia, located next to Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, and seeing the ancient capital come to life in its entirety in front of you in three dimensions &#8212; the way it looked back in the 12th century. This is exactly what University [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/27/national/3-d-imaging-technology-helps-bring-the-past-to-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Victims hit cervical cancer vaccines</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/24/national/victims-hit-cervical-cancer-vaccines/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=victims-hit-cervical-cancer-vaccines</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/24/national/victims-hit-cervical-cancer-vaccines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 11:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cervical cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[side effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=433505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teens injured or disabled by cervical cancer vaccines step up efforts to permanently end the subsidy program for Cervarix and Gardasil.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/24/national/victims-hit-cervical-cancer-vaccines/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tohoku pitched for ¥1 trillion collider</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/23/national/tohoku-pitched-for-%c2%a51-trillion-collider/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tohoku-pitched-for-%25c2%25a51-trillion-collider</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/23/national/tohoku-pitched-for-%c2%a51-trillion-collider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Linear Collider]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=433287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ A project to build a 30-km-long straight linear accelerator and answer questions about the beginnings of the universe chooses the Kitakami mountain area as a candidate site.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/23/national/tohoku-pitched-for-%c2%a51-trillion-collider/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>In science terms, Japan has no need at all to kill whales</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/national/in-science-terms-japan-has-no-need-at-all-to-kill-whales/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=in-science-terms-japan-has-no-need-at-all-to-kill-whales</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/national/in-science-terms-japan-has-no-need-at-all-to-kill-whales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institure for Cetacean Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Court of Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whaling moratorium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=428580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Final arguments from the defence and prosecution were heard in mid-July, and the world court is now considering its judgment. At issue is Japan&#8217;s right to conduct its seasonal &#8220;scientific&#8221; whaling program in Antarctic waters. But the case has involved arguments about how to define science itself. The legal challenge to Japan has been brought [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/national/in-science-terms-japan-has-no-need-at-all-to-kill-whales/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>57</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Kanebo finds 1,641 more skin-whitening cosmetic users with blotches</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/09/national/kanebo-finds-1641-more-skin-whitening-cosmetic-users-with-blotches/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kanebo-finds-1641-more-skin-whitening-cosmetic-users-with-blotches</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/09/national/kanebo-finds-1641-more-skin-whitening-cosmetic-users-with-blotches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 13:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blotches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kanebo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=428737</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. said Friday it has found another 1,641 people suffering from blotches as a result of its skin-whitening cosmetics. The new cases, discovered during door-to-door visits to consumers complaining of patchy skin whitening after using the products, brings the total number of people affected to 5,702. Kanebo, a subsidiary of the Kao Corp. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/09/national/kanebo-finds-1641-more-skin-whitening-cosmetic-users-with-blotches/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hand, foot, mouth disease patients top 130,000 in Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/07/national/hand-foot-mouth-disease-patients-top-130000-in-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hand-foot-mouth-disease-patients-top-130000-in-japan</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/07/national/hand-foot-mouth-disease-patients-top-130000-in-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[foot-and-mouth disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hand]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=425744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reported cases in Japan of hand, foot and mouth disease, a viral illness commonly found in children, have topped 130,000 since the beginning of the year, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Tuesday. According to the institute, 133,802 people had been sickened as of July 28. In the week from July 22, the number [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/07/national/hand-foot-mouth-disease-patients-top-130000-in-japan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Novartis ordered to state skin disorders as Diovan side effects</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/07/national/novartis-ordered-to-state-skin-disorders-as-diovan-side-effects/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=novartis-ordered-to-state-skin-disorders-as-diovan-side-effects</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/07/national/novartis-ordered-to-state-skin-disorders-as-diovan-side-effects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diovan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Novartis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=425743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The health ministry has instructed Novartis Pharma K.K. to state in an attached note for its Diovan blood pressure-lowering drug that the medicine may cause serious skin disorders. Diovan, whose generic name is valsartan, has been cited in a recent suspected case of clinical data manipulation, but the ministry said the instruction issued Tuesday is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/07/national/novartis-ordered-to-state-skin-disorders-as-diovan-side-effects/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>H-IIB rocket carrying cargo for ISS lifts off from Tanegashima</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/04/national/h-iib-rocket-carrying-cargo-for-iss-lifts-off-from-tanegashima/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=h-iib-rocket-carrying-cargo-for-iss-lifts-off-from-tanegashima</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/04/national/h-iib-rocket-carrying-cargo-for-iss-lifts-off-from-tanegashima/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2013 14:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[H-2B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JAXA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koichi Wakata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rocket]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=423547</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[JAXA launches an H-IIB rocket with a Konotori cargo transporter aboard to resupply the International Space Station.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/04/national/h-iib-rocket-carrying-cargo-for-iss-lifts-off-from-tanegashima/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>World&#8217;s first iPS clinical research for retina regeneration begins</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/31/national/worlds-first-ips-clinical-research-for-retina-regeneration-begins/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=worlds-first-ips-clinical-research-for-retina-regeneration-begins</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/31/national/worlds-first-ips-clinical-research-for-retina-regeneration-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[clinical research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinya Yamanaka]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=422238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s first clinical research using induced pluripotent stem cells, known as iPS cells, for the regeneration of retina begins Thursday, according to a Japanese team of researchers. The state-backed scientific research institute Riken, based in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, and the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation based in Kobe applied in February for government [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/31/national/worlds-first-ips-clinical-research-for-retina-regeneration-begins/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Long-living Japanese society needs better &#8216;quality of death&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/30/national/long-living-japanese-society-needs-better-quality-of-death/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=long-living-japanese-society-needs-better-quality-of-death</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/30/national/long-living-japanese-society-needs-better-quality-of-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kanoko Matsuyama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese society]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=421704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A quarter of a million bedbound elderly people are kept alive in Japan, often for years, by a feeding tube surgically inserted into their stomach. A few months ago, my 96-year-old grandmother became one of them. Feeding tubes are so common in Japan that my family wasn&#8217;t initially consulted about the procedure, which is effectively [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/30/national/long-living-japanese-society-needs-better-quality-of-death/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mice are given false memories</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/26/national/mice-are-given-false-memories/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mice-are-given-false-memories</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/26/national/mice-are-given-false-memories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=419388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometime soon, a lab mouse could wake up thinking he had snuggled up to a girl mouse the night before. But he did not. The memory is fake. Japanese and American scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have successfully implanted a false memory into a mouse&#8217;s brain &#8212; a seemingly far-fetched idea reminiscent of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/26/national/mice-are-given-false-memories/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>World&#8217;s first clinical trials with human iPS cells OK&#8217;d</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/20/national/worlds-first-clinical-trials-with-human-ips-cells-okd/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=worlds-first-clinical-trials-with-human-ips-cells-okd</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/20/national/worlds-first-clinical-trials-with-human-ips-cells-okd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[age-related macular degeneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=413013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government has signed off on the world&#8217;s first clinical trials to use induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells harvested from the bodies of human patients. Health minister Norihisa Tamura on Friday gave his seal of approval to a proposal by two research institutes that will allow them to begin tests aimed at treating age-related macular [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/20/national/worlds-first-clinical-trials-with-human-ips-cells-okd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Team identifies obesity-curbing gene, finds mice with low count plump out</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/19/national/team-identifies-obesity-curbing-gene-finds-mice-with-low-count-plump-out/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=team-identifies-obesity-curbing-gene-finds-mice-with-low-count-plump-out</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/19/national/team-identifies-obesity-curbing-gene-finds-mice-with-low-count-plump-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=412849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An international team said Friday it has identified a gene that plays an important role in curbing obesity. Mice in which the gene was artificially made deficient grew twice as heavy as ordinary mice, according to a report the team of Japanese and non-Japanese researchers published in the U.S. journal Science. The finding &#8220;is expected [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/19/national/team-identifies-obesity-curbing-gene-finds-mice-with-low-count-plump-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Effects will become more obvious as Japan&#8217;s climate changes</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/13/national/effects-will-become-more-obvious-as-japans-climate-changes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=effects-will-become-more-obvious-as-japans-climate-changes</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/13/national/effects-will-become-more-obvious-as-japans-climate-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cherry blossom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat-island effect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sika]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=409527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Residents of Japan&#8217;s big cities, and of Tokyo in particular, are well aware of the heat-island effect — especially now with the onset of summer. The effect occurs because concrete and asphalt retain radiant energy, making the whole city a vast absorber and then emitter of convected heat, which creates powerful thermals that trigger sudden [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/13/national/effects-will-become-more-obvious-as-japans-climate-changes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Japan health ministry subpanel OKs iPS cell clinical trial</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/12/national/japan-health-ministry-subpanel-oks-ips-cell-clinical-trial/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japan-health-ministry-subpanel-oks-ips-cell-clinical-trial</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/12/national/japan-health-ministry-subpanel-oks-ips-cell-clinical-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[clinical trial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPS cell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riken]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=409703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ A subcommittee of the health ministry's Health Sciences Council approves plans for what would be the world's first clinical trial using induced pluripotent stem cells.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/12/national/japan-health-ministry-subpanel-oks-ips-cell-clinical-trial/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Complications reported in 15% of sex change operation patients</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/11/national/complications-reported-in-15-of-sex-change-operation-patients/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=complications-reported-in-15-of-sex-change-operation-patients</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/11/national/complications-reported-in-15-of-sex-change-operation-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[complications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex-cgange operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=408754</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About 70 percent of 105 Japanese people who had gender reassignment surgeries abroad and in Japan between 1995 and 2012 said they were satisfied with the results, but 15 percent said they had serious complications or they needed another operation after the procedures, a survey showed. The survey released Wednesday came as Japan marked the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/11/national/complications-reported-in-15-of-sex-change-operation-patients/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Team finds gene to halt breast cancer spread</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/05/national/team-finds-gene-to-halt-breast-cancer-spread/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=team-finds-gene-to-halt-breast-cancer-spread</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/05/national/team-finds-gene-to-halt-breast-cancer-spread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gene]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=406632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A joint team comprising researchers from Osaka University and the University of Toronto has discovered a gene that can suppress the spread of breast cancer. The discovery, published in Wednesday&#8217;s edition of the U.S. science journal PLOS One, could lead to the development of new drugs that can increase the amount of the gene, called [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/05/national/team-finds-gene-to-halt-breast-cancer-spread/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Kanebo recalls 54 products over skin spots</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/04/national/kanebo-recalls-54-products-over-skin-spots/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kanebo-recalls-54-products-over-skin-spots</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/04/national/kanebo-recalls-54-products-over-skin-spots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kanebo Cosmetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=405633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. recalls 54 of its products, including face lotions and emulsions, after confirming that some users' skin was marked with patches of white.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/04/national/kanebo-recalls-54-products-over-skin-spots/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Japan firm to start testing drug to slow decline caused by Down syndrome</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/national/japan-firm-to-start-testing-drug-to-slow-decline-caused-by-down-syndrome/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japan-firm-to-start-testing-drug-to-slow-decline-caused-by-down-syndrome</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/national/japan-firm-to-start-testing-drug-to-slow-decline-caused-by-down-syndrome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Down's syndrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eizai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=404555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Japanese pharmaceutical firm will begin therapeutic testing of a drug it hopes will slow the decline in quality of life for some people with Down syndrome as they age. The firm said Monday it will begin trial tests of its Aricept donepezil hydrochloride drug, commonly used to treat some of the symptoms of Alzheimer&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/national/japan-firm-to-start-testing-drug-to-slow-decline-caused-by-down-syndrome/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Massive quakes can cause distant volcanoes to sink, research shows</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/02/national/massive-quakes-can-cause-distant-volcanoes-to-sink-research-shows/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=massive-quakes-can-cause-distant-volcanoes-to-sink-research-shows</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/02/national/massive-quakes-can-cause-distant-volcanoes-to-sink-research-shows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[earthquakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volcanoes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=403786</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Massive earthquakes can cause distant volcanoes to sink, according to new research coming out of Japan and Chile. The Great East Japan Earthquake, which had a magnitude of 9.0, caused subsidence of up to 15 cm in a string of volcanoes in Honshu as much as 200 km from its epicenter under the Pacific Ocean, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/02/national/massive-quakes-can-cause-distant-volcanoes-to-sink-research-shows/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Japanese government panel OKs world&#8217;s first clinical research using iPS cells</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/27/national/japanese-government-panel-oks-worlds-first-clinical-research-using-ips-cells/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japanese-government-panel-oks-worlds-first-clinical-research-using-ips-cells</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/27/national/japanese-government-panel-oks-worlds-first-clinical-research-using-ips-cells/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[clinical research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPS cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riken]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=392660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A health ministry panel approves the world's first clinical research using human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which can grow into any type of human body tissue. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/27/national/japanese-government-panel-oks-worlds-first-clinical-research-using-ips-cells/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Perseverance pays off for noted deep-sea researcher</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/25/national/perseverance-pays-off-for-noted-deep-sea-researcher/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=perseverance-pays-off-for-noted-deep-sea-researcher</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/25/national/perseverance-pays-off-for-noted-deep-sea-researcher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Motonobu Endo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atlantis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[granite]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&#038;p=390316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Geologist and paleontologist Hiroshi Kitazato, a key scientist behind the recent discovery of a tantalizing clue to what could be the lost continent of Atlantis, had to navigate through three years&#8217; worth or red tape before he got his chance. Kitazato, 64, travels the world seeking to secure permission from governments to explore their territorial [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/25/national/perseverance-pays-off-for-noted-deep-sea-researcher/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Page Caching using memcached
Database Caching 10/77 queries in 0.198 seconds using memcached
Object Caching 2206/2557 objects using memcached
Application Monitoring using New Relic

 Served from: www.japantimes.co.jp @ 2013-10-03 19:40:28 by W3 Total Cache --