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
Takashi Tsuji
Team Leader in Laboratory for Organ Regeneration at the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology.
RIKEN News
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
Read more...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
Read more...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
Read more...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
Read more...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
Read more...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
Read more...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
Read more...Spreading cancer caught on film
BBC - 06-Jul-2017
Technology will help explain the deadly process of cancer spreading. Metastatic cancer is rarely...
Read more...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...
Read more...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. ...
Read more...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...
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