medicine
May 09, 2013
KYOTO--A group of scientists in Japan made a breakthrough that could pave the way for a new gene therapy for muscular dystrophy that has a low risk of becoming cancerous.
May 04, 2013
PYONGYANG, North Korea--The Man Nyon Pharmacy is lined with rows of colorful packages containing everything from dried bear bile and deer antler elixir to tiger bone paste and...
May 03, 2013
A Japan-based group of scientists has successfully reproduced the pathology of a severe form of epilepsy by using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from a patient's...
May 02, 2013
Japan's first egg bank, which will provide egg cells to infertile women, is expected to open its doors soon.
April 25, 2013
KYOTO--A Kyoto-based group of scientists has reported the first successful use of human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to produce muscle cells and re-create the pathology ...
April 12, 2013
Hospital patients may no longer need to be hooked up to a tangle of wires, thanks to new technology developed by Fujitsu Ltd. The device enables cord-free monitoring through...
March 26, 2013
Japan's first clinical study to focus on attacking cancer stem cells, which can cause relapses and spread of the disease, will start in early April at the National Cancer...
March 02, 2013
A team of Japanese researchers has developed a technique that prevents a patient's body from rejecting transplanted organs, eliminating the need for a lifelong regimen of...
February 28, 2013
Riken, a Japanese scientific research institute, on Feb. 28 applied for government permission to conduct the world's first clinical study using human induced pluripotent stem...
February 20, 2013
A newly identified deadly virus probably transmitted by blood-sucking ticks is causing concern after experts confirmed it in Japan only a few years after it first surfaced in...
January 31, 2013
A cure for baldness may not be too far off after scientists in Japan said they have engineered hair follicles, tissue that is essential to hair growth, from human induced...
January 29, 2013
The health ministry has drafted a bill to regulate regenerative medicine using technology such as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and thereby keep a check on its safety,...
January 12, 2013
The Supreme Court on Jan. 11 struck down a health ministry ordinance banning the online sale of most over-the-counter drugs, saying it exceeded the authority of the...
January 05, 2013
OSAKA--Japanese scientists have discovered a new way to destroy the chemical thought to cause Alzheimer's disease.
January 04, 2013
Two Japanese research teams said they have rejuvenated immune cells by using technology for induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, opening a path to improve therapies to treat...
November 25, 2012
Itochu Corp. has begun marketing an electronic tagging system that uses smartphone and IC tags to ensure people who fall sick or are injured in a disaster receive speedy...
November 21, 2012
Japanese scientists said they have developed a possible remedy for a major obstacle in developing regenerative therapies that use artificial body cells derived from pluripotent ...
November 20, 2012
The Environment Ministry has begun thyroid gland tests on children in faraway Nagasaki Prefecture as part of efforts to gauge the effects of radiation fallout from last year's...
November 03, 2012
The government set target dates for establishing potentially life-saving applications using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and initiated plans to tear down barriers long...
October 26, 2012
KYOTO--Scientists at Kyoto University have developed a substance that helps to derive heart muscle cells from artificially created human stem cells, moving one step closer to...