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 ...
Cancer-related genetic abnormalities have reportedly occurred during the process of transforming induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells supplied by Kyoto University into intended cell types at recipient research institutes. None of the affected iPS cells, which are used for regenerative medicine, have been used for transplantation, ...
Kyoto University seeks approval to use iPS cells in treatment for damaged knees
Kyoto University said Wednesday it has asked for government approval to conduct a clinical trial that involves transplanting cartilage made from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to treat damaged knee joints. Under the plan, a team led by Noriyuki Tsumaki, a professor at the university ...
Life expectancy of chimpanzees raised in Japan is 28 years, Kyoto University team finds
A research team from Kyoto University said Friday that the average life expectancy of chimpanzees raised in Japan is 28.3 years. Satoshi Hirata, professor at the university's Wildlife Research Center, and colleagues calculated the average life span from necessary information, such as birth and death ...
Japan failing to cultivate elite universities, global survey suggests
Only the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University made it to the top 200 — fewer than China, Italy, Denmark and Belgium, the report said.
Team including Kyoto University researchers succeeds in recognizing chimpanzee faces using AI
Researchers from Kyoto University and the University of Oxford said they have succeeded in recognizing the faces of wild chimpanzees with an accuracy of over 90 percent using artificial intelligence. Kyoto University conducts research on wild chimpanzees in a field site in Guinea in West ...
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Exiled Thai critic attacked with burning chemical at home in Japan
An exiled Thai critic of the country’s military and monarchy said he was attacked in his home in Japan last month with a substance that burned his skin and believes Thai authorities were involved.
Japanese Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo to sue Ono Pharmaceutical over cancer drug patent royalties
Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo plans to bring his patent royalty dispute with Ono Pharmaceutical Co. to court as early as September, seeking an additional payment of ¥15 billion, according to informed sources. In the planned lawsuit with the Osaka District Court, Honjo will claim that ...
In pursuit of a sustainable society, Nagano turns to AI to help craft policy
When times are good, there is less political pressure at the local level anywhere to be economically efficient or carefully scrutinize predictions that a new public works project or expensive industrial or tourism promotion scheme will lead to prosperity in 20 or 30 years. But ...
Kyoto University researchers begin trial to treat condition that can lead to cervical cancer
A Kyoto University research team said Thursday that it has begun a trial to administer a treatment to patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, the preceding stage of cervical cancer. The team aims to commercialize the treatment in three years if its safety and effectiveness are ...
Chimps chomp on crabs: In world first, Kyoto professor and team observe apes eating aquatic animals
An international research team that included Kyoto University professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa has said it has observed wild chimpanzees preying on river crabs for the first time. The finding is contrary to the common belief that anthropoid apes, such as chimpanzees and gorillas, the closest species ...
