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RIKEN

Organisation dedicated to innovative research in fields including the entire range of the natural sciences

RIKEN is Japan's largest research organizations with institutes and centers in locations througout Japan. RIKEN's 3000+ researchers publish several hundred research articles in top scientific and technical journals every year across a broad spectrum of disciplines in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, earth science and in many areas of technology, and the number of articles is growing year on year.

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Details last updated 09-Nov-2019

People at RIKEN

Piero Carninci

Deputy Director at RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences and Head of Genomics Research Center at Human Technopole

Genki Kanda

Research scientist, RIKEN

Takashi Tsuji

Team Leader in Laboratory for Organ Regeneration at the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology.

Michiko Mandai

Researcher at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research.

Masayo Takahashi

President of Vision Care Inc.

Toshihiko Aso

Neuroscientist, RIKEN-BDR

Cody Kime

Doctor of Medical Sciences (PhD) at RIKEN.

RIKEN News

Humanoid robot and AI potentially efficient in regenerating retinal cells

Humanoid robot and AI potentially efficient in regenerating retinal cells

Phys.org - 28-Jun-2022

Automated design and execution can increase efficiency and speed of research

Experts develop new novel detection method for mitophagy

Experts develop new novel detection method for mitophagy

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 28-May-2020

A discovery proven to be of help in therapeutic studies of neurodegeneration

A potential biomarker for ventricle enlargement in the ageing brain

A potential biomarker for ventricle enlargement in the ageing brain

Medical Xpress - 07-May-2020

Detecting blood drainage lags could eventually lead to faster treatment options

Could immune cells be the secret to extreme longevity?

Could immune cells be the secret to extreme longevity?

Live Science - 15-Nov-2019

Unusually high concentrations of T helper cells found in supercentenarians bloodstream

High levels of killer cells in the immune system of supercentenarians

High levels of killer cells in the immune system of supercentenarians

Medical Xpress - 13-Nov-2019

Relatively immune to infections and cancers - also get to live more than 110 years

A way to reprogram mature cells into totipotent stem cells

A way to reprogram mature cells into totipotent stem cells

Asian Scientist - 03-Sep-2019

Creating totipotent stem cells opens ways for revolutionary findings in regenerative medicine

Induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease

Induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease

Japan Times - 30-Jul-2018

There is a risk of developing brain tumours according to some experts

Spreading cancer caught on film

Spreading cancer caught on film

BBC - 06-Jul-2017

Technology will help explain the deadly process of cancer spreading. Metastatic cancer is rarely...

Stem cell research offers new hope of restoring sight

Stem cell research offers new hope of restoring sight

Medical News Today - 11-Jan-2017

End-stage retinal degeneration (e.g. age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosais) is...

Looking Back and Ahead in the Use of Pluripotent Stem Cells in Medicine

Looking Back and Ahead in the Use of Pluripotent Stem Cells in Medicine

Fight Aging! - 14-Dec-2016

Therapies that deliver fresh new stem cell populations will take up the work of lost cells, e.g. ...

Lab-grown skin sprouts hair and grows glands

Lab-grown skin sprouts hair and grows glands

BBC - 01-Apr-2016

Took cells from gums and converted them into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Crafted ski...