World's first article list

Kansai Medical University succeeds in purifying hematopoietic stem cells derived from human cord blood for the first time in the world

 The research team of visiting professor Seiaki Sonoda of the iPS / Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine Course at Kansai Medical University is the first in the world to purify human umbilical cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells […].

Inhibiting cancer growth, developing the world's first genome editing application technology Kawasaki Medical School, Hiroshima University, etc.

 The research group of Associate Professor Takuya Fukasawa of Kawasaki Medical School, Professor Tetsushi Sakuma of Hiroshima University, and Toshikazu Ushijima, Director of the National Cancer Center Research Institute, […]

The world's first elucidation of the mechanism of unraveling chromosomes and repairing DNA errors

 The joint research group of Kyushu University Graduate School of Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Science, and Kochi University of Technology Environmental Science and Engineering Group has a mismatch repair mechanism […].

The world's first ultrasonic therapy for Alzheimer's disease begins clinical trials at Tohoku University

 A research group led by Professor Hiroaki Shimokawa of Tohoku University found that low-power pulsed ultrasound has low cognitive function in a mouse model of Alzheimer-type dementia […].

High-precision 3D imaging of US warships sunk by Kyushu University during the Battle of Okinawa

 A research group led by Professor Hironobu Suga of Kyushu University is a USS Emmons […] that sinks to a depth of 40m off Kouri Island, Okinawa.

"Kurorin" is expected as a material for next-generation ultra-high-speed communication devices.

 A joint research group of Hiroshima University, the University of Tokyo, and the University of Hyogo has shown that black phosphorus may be useful as a material for ultra-high-speed communication devices.

Nagoya University develops bacteria that convert benzene to phenol

 A research group led by Professor Yoshito Watanabe of Nagoya University has created a chemical substance that can turn the enzyme switch in E. coli into an "ON state" […].

Succeeded in high-precision imaging of gamma rays generated during proton beam therapy Waseda University

 The research team of Professor Atsushi Kataoka of Waseda University Faculty of Science and Engineering is compact […] that can visualize gamma rays of 1-10MeV (mega electron volt).

World's first "flying fire extinguishing robot" development Tohoku University, etc.

 The research group of Tohoku University, Hachinohe National College of Technology, and the International Rescue System Research Organization is the first in the world to surface in the air and directly direct the fire source […].

Unified elucidation of the origin of the spherical rock mass "concretion" Nagoya University

 A research group led by Professor Eiichi Yoshida of the Nagoya University Museum has led to the theory of the origin of the spherical rock mass "spherical carbonate concretion" containing fossils, etc. […]