Todai-led team creates mouse pancreas in rat in treatment breakthrough
A team led by University of Tokyo researchers has successfully created a healthy pancreas from mouse stem cells inside the body of a rat, in a first between different species, a study published in the British science journal Nature showed. The pancreas, later transplanted into ...
Diabetes emerges as Japan's hidden scourge
Reading a review of British writer Bee Wilson's "First Bite: How We Learn to Eat" in the London Review of Books, I stumbled on an astonishing figure: 4 million people in the U.K. have diabetes. An unhealthy diet and increasingly sedentary lifestyle have taken ...
Tochigi 'exorcist' held in death of diabetic boy may be involved in other cases: police
Hiroji Kondo, 60, an exorcist from Tochigi Prefecture who is suspected of killing a 7-year-old diabetic boy by persuading his parents to discontinue insulin injections, has confessed to conducting exorcisms for over a decade, police said. Kondo, from the town of Shimotsuke in Tochigi Prefecture, ...
Man claiming to be exorcist arrested over death of diabetic boy
A 60-year-old man in Tochigi Prefecture who claims he is an exorcist was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing a diabetic boy by telling his parents to halt the administration of insulin, police said. Hiroji Kondo is suspected of instructing the parents of Shun Imai, ...
Diabetes epidemic taking a heavy toll on Russia
Diabetes is posing an increasing health threat in Russia as the obesity rate grows.
Takeda told to pay ¥154 million in punitive damages over Actos diabetes drug
A jury ordered Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. to pay ¥154 million ($1.3 million) in punitive damages to a former teacher who argued the drugmaker's Actos diabetes medicine caused his bladder cancer, in the company's fifth loss in trials over the drug. Jurors in state court in ...
Tigers lefty Iwata dedicates upcoming season to individuals with diabetes
Hanshin Tigers lefty Minoru Iwata on Saturday promised to win 15 games next season in order to encourage fellow diabetics. Attending a Christmas party for children afflicted with the same Type 1 diabetes that affects him, the 31-year-old Iwata said, "I will aim to win ...
Tokyo firm to launch DNA testing service for cancer, other conditions
Mobile video game provider DeNA Co. said Wednesday it will launch a DNA testing service in mid-August in partnership with a unit at a leading research laboratory. Called Mycode, the service offers to reveal genetic markers for up to 283 different conditions, including predispositions to ...
Pharmaceutical giant Takeda to fight $6 billion damages ruling over hidden cancer risks
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. says it will contest $6 billion in punitive damages imposed by a jury in the United States in a case that accused Japan’s largest drugmaker of concealing cancer risks associated with its Actos diabetes drug.
U.S. jury orders Takeda to pay $6 billion over Actos diabetes drug
A jury in Louisiana on Monday ordered Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. to pay $6 billion in punitive damages, acknowledging that Japan's largest drugmaker concealed the risks of cancer associated with its diabetes drug Actos, according to Takeda and U.S. media reports. In the case, Terrence Allen, ...
Simple tests fill health-check gaps
Although health checkups are often mandatory for corporate or institutional employees, some segments of society, including housewives and the self-employed, may not have this option. In a country where cancer is rife but screening rates are hovering between 20 and 30 percent, according to the ...
Takeda failed to adequately warn of Actos cancer risks, U.S. jury finds
A Maryland jury has ruled that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. failed to properly warn a former U.S. Army translator and his doctor about the risks of the firm's Actos diabetes drug and ordered it to pay more than $1.7 million (¥168 million) in damages, but ...
