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Biotech future of promise and peril looms larger and closer

Commentary / World Oct 27, 2020

Biotech future of promise and peril looms larger and closer

by Brad Glosserman

Emerging technology poses new and novel questions. Unfortunately, the time to answer them is growing short.

Kyoto University project aims to supply iPS cells widely at low cost

National / Science & Health Sep 29, 2020

Kyoto University project aims to supply iPS cells widely at low cost

The aim of the project is to supply the cells to 1,000 patients per year at ¥1 million per person.

Japan team uses stem cells to spawn 1,700 trout from single fish

National / Science & Health Jun 16, 2020

Japan team uses stem cells to spawn 1,700 trout from single fish

The researchers hope to apply the technique to bluefin tuna within around five years.

Japan's AnGes speeds toward 2021 rollout in coronavirus 'vaccine war'

National / Science & Health Jun 11, 2020

Japan's AnGes speeds toward 2021 rollout in coronavirus 'vaccine war'

by Rocky Swift

The Osaka-based firm got a headstart in the vaccine development by repurposing its hypertension vaccine, which had already passed various safety hurdles.

Japan researchers create tiny bronchi to develop drug for COVID-19

National / Science & Health Jun 3, 2020

Japan researchers create tiny bronchi to develop drug for COVID-19

It is hoped the miniature organ will serve as a better model for evaluating anti-viral drugs' efficacy than a single cell.

Japanese researchers to test blood thinner for coronavirus treatment

National / Science & Health Mar 19, 2020

Japanese researchers to test blood thinner for coronavirus treatment

A blood thinner used to treat pancreatitis and kidney disease has been identified as a potential therapy for COVID-19 patients, with clinical trials in Japan possibly set to begin within a month, researchers at the University of Tokyo said Wednesday. The drug, known by the ...

World / Science & Health Mar 11, 2020

Second patient cured of HIV using stem cell transplant treatment

A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment. The "London Patient," a cancer sufferer originally from Venezuela, made headlines last year when researchers ...

Lab-grown meat? Dutch start-up keeps pork on your plate without wrecking the planet

World / Science & Health Feb 21, 2020

Lab-grown meat? Dutch start-up keeps pork on your plate without wrecking the planet

A Dutch start-up may have found a workaround for eco-conscious consumers struggling to give up meat: pork grown in a laboratory that doesn't harm animals or damage the planet. Meatable will this summer unveil its first pork prototype made entirely from cultured animal cells instead ...

World / Science & Health Feb 8, 2020

French court requires strict testing for crops created using CRISPR genetic technique

France's highest administrative court decided Friday that plants produced using new gene editing techniques such as CRISPR undergo strict testing as genetically modified organisms in a ruling that could see some varieties pulled from the market. The Conseil d'Etat said in its ruling that the ...

CRISPR passes test: Patients show no side effects after immune systems genetically edited

World / Science & Health Feb 7, 2020

CRISPR passes test: Patients show no side effects after immune systems genetically edited

U.S. scientists have succeeded in genetically editing the immune systems of three cancer patients using CRISPR without creating any side effects, a first for the tool, which is revolutionizing biomedical research. The highly anticipated results from the first phase of a clinical trial were published ...

Osaka University transplants iPS cell-based heart cells in world's first clinical trial

National / Science & Health Jan 28, 2020

Osaka University transplants iPS cell-based heart cells in world's first clinical trial

An Osaka University team said it has carried out the world's first transplant of cardiac muscle cells created from iPS cells in a physician-initiated clinical trial. In the clinical project to verify the safety and efficacy of the therapy using induced pluripotent stem cells, Yoshiki ...

National / Science & Health Jan 25, 2020

Kyoto University team gets OK from ministry for plan to transplant iPS-derived cartilage into knee joints

An expert panel of the health ministry on Friday approved a clinical research program proposed by a Kyoto University team to transplant cartilage made from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to damaged knee joints. Professor Noriyuki Tsumaki and other members of the team are planning ...

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