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Eisai & Keio University To Pursue Innovation In Dementia Drugs
The collaboration taps on Keio University's strengths in iPS technology and supercentenarian research.
Asia’s Rising Scientists: Gene Yeo
Gene Yeo uses genetics to explore how defects in RNA processing contribute to diseases such as neurodegeneration.
Five Beautiful Quotes from Asian Scientists (VIDEO)
From waxing lyrical about the hope of life, to boldly lauding the potential of the Asian market, who knew scientists could be such poets?
Researchers Develop 2D ‘Eye’ From Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Scientists have mimicked the development of a whole human eye in a 2D lab culture, paving the way for futuristic cornea reconstruction techniques.
Long Live The Naked Mole-Rat
A tumor suppressor protein called ARF may be the reason why the naked mole-rat can live up to 30 years and almost never show any type of cancer.
Skin Grown In The Lab, Hair And All
Researchers in Japan have successfully grown complex, fully functional skin tissue which could form proper connections with nerves and muscle fibers.
Pluripotency Factor Actually A Telomere Enlongator
Zscan4, originally believed to be involved in pluripotency of stem cells, is actually triggered by shortened telomeres to regenerate the telomere length.
Reprogrammed Stem Cells Shed Light On Bone Cancer
Although not sufficient to cause bone cancer on its own, the EWS-FLI1 gene predisposes cells to cancer by preventing differentiation.
Honing The (Cancer) Killer Instinct Of iNKT Cells
Reprogramming invariant natural killer T cells in the lab increases their potency and helps them seek out and kill cancer cells.
