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Japan approves world-first trial using iPS cells to treat spinal cord injuries
The health ministry on Monday approved the world's first clinical test in which artificially derived stem cells will be used to treat patients with spinal cord injuries. A team of researchers from Keio University, which filed a request for the test with the ministry, will ...
The actors hoping to save Kyoto University's Yoshida Dormitory
Students and stage fans will see whether a hastily arranged series of performances of Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" this weekend can break a decades-long standoff over the closure of Japan's oldest student dormitory: the wooden Yoshida ryō (Yoshida Dormitory) at Kyoto University. The Japanese-style ...
On the evening of Oct. 1, Dr. Tasuku Honjo was in his office at Kyoto University discussing a manuscript with two of his colleagues when a secretary came dashing in to announce there was a call from Sweden. Could he take it? Shortly afterward, details ...
Keio researchers plan to treat spinal cord injuries with stem cells
Keio University is poised to conduct the world’s first treatment of patients who have sustained spinal cord injuries using induced pluripotent stem cells, sources said Tuesday.
Kyoto University performs world's first iPS cell transplant for Parkinson's
Researchers hope to develop the treatment into a method that can be covered under Japan’s health insurance system.
At the Kyoto dorm that time forgot, Japanese students dig in
Kyoto University wants students out of "filthy" Yoshida Ryo but won't say if the 105-year-old antiestablishment hub has any future.
Top Japanese universities climb in world rankings
A record 103 Japanese universities made it onto this year's Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings list, with the nation's two top universities — the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University — moving up in the standings. According to THE, the country's top institution, ...
Blood transfusions with iPS cells OK'd by Japanese health ministry
The advanced treatment is expected to give people with uncontrollable diseases a better way to increase their platelet counts at a time when blood donors are drying up.
A Kyoto University research team will begin a clinical test this week using induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease, in what will be the world’s first application of iPS technology to the progressive neurological disorder.
Police arrest Kyoto University graduate students for table in intersection stunt
Two graduate students have been arrested for sitting around a traditional Japanese heated table they set up at the center of a busy intersection in western Japan, police said Wednesday. Masako Ueda, a 31-year-old student at Kyoto University's graduate school, and fellow 26-year-old student Masatoshi ...
Kyoto University has opened a large research base in the jungles of the Amazon basin in Brazil. Previously, there had been no accommodation available on the ground for researchers from around the world studying flora, fauna and ecosystems in the area, so they had to ...
Japanese researchers find way to replicate cherry-blossom magic in fall
To the delight of sakura (cherry blossom) lovers everywhere, botanists at Kyoto University have discovered a way to make cherry trees flower more than once a year and plans are already afoot to introduce pink to the autumnal palette. By manipulating the sakura's genetic markers, ...
