Kumamoto University Article List
Iron accumulation in the liver induces cell death "ferroptosis" and is involved in liver disease and liver injury
Iron is an essential mineral for the human body, but excess iron is known to be toxic to cells. In recent years, there have been many reports of iron overload in cells.
Kumamoto University succeeds in reconstructing a Jomon period "net" from traces left on pottery
Professor Emeritus Hiroki Obata of Kumamoto University and his colleagues have succeeded in restoring Jomon period netting products from "impressions" remaining inside and on the surface of pottery.
Kumamoto University and others discover tire rubber and glass reflective material in Okinawa rail's digestive tract
A research team from Kumamoto University has discovered that tire rubber and glass reflective materials have accumulated in the digestive tract of the Okinawa rail, an endangered bird species that inhabits the main island of Okinawa.
Mitochondrial protein synthesis defects cause fatal anemia Kumamoto University
A joint research group including Kumamoto University, Tohoku University, and the Institute of Molecular Biology (Germany) has found that when mitochondrial protein synthesis is inhibited, iron […]
Kumamoto University's Electric School Bus Demonstration Wins Grand Prize in the Ministry of the Environment's Climate Change Action Minister's Award
Kumamoto University, Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kuma Village, Kumamoto Prefecture jointly conducted the "Japan's first demonstration of an electric school bus to decarbonize and strengthen the region" [...]
A semi-automated system for metadata collection and reanalysis to build a large-scale proteome database
A research group from Niigata University has launched a world-first data journal that collects metadata with a view to reanalyzing proteomes. […]
Kumamoto University announces notice regarding admission selection method for new faculty organization "Co-Creation Interdisciplinary Studies (tentative name: planned to be established in April 2026)"
On November 2024, 11, Kumamoto University announced a notice regarding the admission selection method for the new faculty organization "Kyoso Gakuin Kai (provisional name: planned to be established in April 27)" [...]
Kumamoto University Faculty of Pharmacy will hold a parent-child girls' school for junior and senior high school girls, "The World of Spices," on Monday, September 9rd (National Holiday)
As part of its efforts to develop female talent and promote female advancement in science and engineering fields, Kumamoto University will hold a special event on Monday, September 2024, 9 (national holiday).
Kumamoto University and TOPPAN AI successfully decipher Hosokawa family documents written in cursive script
Kumamoto University and the major printing company TOPPAN have combined AI technology with optical character recognition to decipher documents written in difficult cursive script.
Kumamoto University research team successfully develops a new drug that opens the way to a functional cure for hepatitis B
A research team led by Professor Yasuto Tanaka, Assistant Professor Takehisa Watanabe, and Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Sanae Hayashi from the Kumamoto University Graduate School of Life Sciences has developed an anti-HBV (hepatitis B virus […]