List of articles on genes
Tumor suppressor genes cause multicellular organisms to be elucidated by genome decoding The University of Tokyo, etc.
An international research group led by Hisayoshi Nozaki, an associate professor at the Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, has found key genes in the early stages of the evolution of single cells into multicellular organisms […].
Nagoya University had a "clock" that informs neural progenitor cells of the time of development
The research group of the Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University is a joint research with the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, and the time of cerebral development […]
New light for infertility treatment Identifying the key gene for implantation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, etc.
It was found that implantation failure occurs when the expression level of a specific gene decreases in the endometrial epithelium of the mother, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Disease Model Animal Analysis […]
Succeeded in suppressing allergens in egg white Shinshu University and others
Shinshu University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Agricultural and Food Industry Technology Research Organization utilize genome editing technology by genetic engineering and are included in egg white […]
Identifying genes that cause autism Hikari University of Tokyo for new drug development
The cause of autism in patients with Jacobsen syndrome is the protein "PX- […]" that is involved in the transport of GABA receptors that suppress the activity of nerve cells in the brain.
Is calcium the "source of sleep"?Identifying genes that control sleep The University of Tokyo, RIKEN
Professor Hiroki Ueda of the Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo and the joint research group of RIKEN have found that calcium ions play an important role in the mechanism of sleep […].
Tokushima University Development of blood diagnostic method for genetic abnormalities Useful for gastric cancer treatment
Professor Issei Imoto, Associate Professor Kiyoshi Masuda, and others in the field of human genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, and Professor Eigo Otsuji, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine […]
Discovered the expression of "primate-specific" genes in genetic deafness Keio University
The research team of Professor Hideyuki Okano of the Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine and Professor Iku Ogawa of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology are said to cause the onset of deafness […]
Kobe University and others elucidate the mechanism of muscular dystrophy onset
Kobe University […] that the detailed cause of the onset of muscular dystrophy, a hereditary intractable disease that weakens muscle strength, is a disorder in the synthesis of a sugar called ribitol phosphate.
Saitama Medical University, Tohoku University Mitochondrial disease, new causative gene discovered
A research team led by Saitama Medical University has succeeded in discovering a new causative gene for mitochondrial disease in collaboration with Tohoku University and others. […]