nematode worm

National / Science & Health Oct 26, 2017

Venture behind worm cancer-screening method raises ¥30 million from Shinkin Capital

by Tomoko Otake

Hirotsu Bio Science, a medical venture developing a cancer screening tool using nematodes, has secured ¥30 million in funding from Shinkin Capital Co. to accelerate growth in overseas markets, the firm announced Thursday. The Tokyo-based venture run by Takaaki Hirotsu, formerly a biology researcher at ...

Reference | GENERATIONAL CHANGE Oct 8, 2017

Biologist harnesses power of tiny worms in project that could reshape way cancer is screened and treated

by Tomoko Otake

Call it worm power. Takaaki Hirotsu is trying to harness the power of the nematode worm — a tiny, transparent roundworm that lives in soil or water — to detect all forms of cancer at their earliest stages. The use of nematodes for superearly cancer detection ...