thejapantimes, 6 days ago to Japan A Japanese research group has said that it became the world's first to succeed in producing regulatory T cells, which suppress excessive immune responses, from human iPS cells. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/07/japan/science-health/ips-cells-immune-control/ #japan #sciencehealth #ips #kyotouniversity #medicine #transplants #drugs
A Japanese research group has said that it became the world's first to succeed in producing regulatory T cells, which suppress excessive immune responses, from human iPS cells. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/07/japan/science-health/ips-cells-immune-control/ #japan #sciencehealth #ips #kyotouniversity #medicine #transplants #drugs
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to Japan Japanese champion runner Tomomi Bitoh completed a 170-km Himalayan race, then immediately went to a clinic in Tokyo to freeze her eggs. Bitoh wants to preserve her dream of motherhood amidst the country's declining birthrate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/japan/science-health/japanese-women-egg-freeze/ #japan #sciencehealth #women039sissues #health #pregnancy #population
Japanese champion runner Tomomi Bitoh completed a 170-km Himalayan race, then immediately went to a clinic in Tokyo to freeze her eggs. Bitoh wants to preserve her dream of motherhood amidst the country's declining birthrate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/japan/science-health/japanese-women-egg-freeze/ #japan #sciencehealth #women039sissues #health #pregnancy #population
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to Japan Researchers in Japan have developed a novel imaging agent that can visualize how an abnormal protein accumulates in the brains of people living with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/japan/science-health/detect-parkinsons-disease/ #japan #sciencehealth #parkinson039sdisease #dementia #nationalinstitutesforquantumscienceandtechnology
Researchers in Japan have developed a novel imaging agent that can visualize how an abnormal protein accumulates in the brains of people living with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/japan/science-health/detect-parkinsons-disease/ #japan #sciencehealth #parkinson039sdisease #dementia #nationalinstitutesforquantumscienceandtechnology
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to Japan A recent study has found that the lower the income, the more likely people in Japan are to have high blood pressure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/japan/science-health/japan-blood-pressure-study/ #japan #sciencehealth #surveys #health #tokyomedicalanddentaluniversity #obesity
A recent study has found that the lower the income, the more likely people in Japan are to have high blood pressure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/japan/science-health/japan-blood-pressure-study/ #japan #sciencehealth #surveys #health #tokyomedicalanddentaluniversity #obesity
kyonshi, 7 days ago @thejapantimes kinda no shit Sherlock territory, but sometimes these studies need to be done so someone actually has done them
@thejapantimes kinda no shit Sherlock territory, but sometimes these studies need to be done so someone actually has done them
darwinwoodka, 7 days ago @thejapantimes no shit
@thejapantimes no shit
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews After multiple delays, NASA astronauts finally launched aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on Wednesday, marking a milestone in private spaceflight collaboration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/world/science-health/boeing-starliner-milestone-flight/ #worldnews #sciencehealth #space #nasa #boeing #us #starliner #spacex
After multiple delays, NASA astronauts finally launched aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on Wednesday, marking a milestone in private spaceflight collaboration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/world/science-health/boeing-starliner-milestone-flight/ #worldnews #sciencehealth #space #nasa #boeing #us #starliner #spacex
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews Five children had their hearing restored through a new gene therapy in a clinical trial led by Chinese and American researchers that gives new options for those born with a rare genetic mutation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/world/science-health/gene-therapy-hope-deaf-kids/ #worldnews #sciencehealth #genetherapy #hearing #genetics #deafness #deaf
Five children had their hearing restored through a new gene therapy in a clinical trial led by Chinese and American researchers that gives new options for those born with a rare genetic mutation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/world/science-health/gene-therapy-hope-deaf-kids/ #worldnews #sciencehealth #genetherapy #hearing #genetics #deafness #deaf
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews Amidst the turmoil of Africa's climate crisis, an unseen threat is unfolding where hunger is pushing women and girls into sexual exploitation and increasing the risk of HIV, health experts and aid workers have warned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/world/science-health/hiv-climate-disasters-african-women/ #worldnews #sciencehealth #africa #climatechange #hiv #drought #prostitution #women039sissues
Amidst the turmoil of Africa's climate crisis, an unseen threat is unfolding where hunger is pushing women and girls into sexual exploitation and increasing the risk of HIV, health experts and aid workers have warned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/world/science-health/hiv-climate-disasters-african-women/ #worldnews #sciencehealth #africa #climatechange #hiv #drought #prostitution #women039sissues
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews A person in Mexico has died after contracting a strain of bird flu that hasn’t been confirmed in humans before, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/world/science-health/mexico-death-bird-flu-humans/ #worldnews #sciencehealth #mexico #who #birdflu
A person in Mexico has died after contracting a strain of bird flu that hasn’t been confirmed in humans before, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/world/science-health/mexico-death-bird-flu-humans/ #worldnews #sciencehealth #mexico #who #birdflu
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to Japan A white-tailed eagle in Hokkaido that was infected with bird flu has been successfully treated with a human antiviral drug and released back into the wild, marking a world-first recovery. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/japan/science-health/japan-bird-flu-treatment/ #japan #sciencehealth #birdblu #birds #endangered #hokkaido #medicine #health #environmentministry
A white-tailed eagle in Hokkaido that was infected with bird flu has been successfully treated with a human antiviral drug and released back into the wild, marking a world-first recovery. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/japan/science-health/japan-bird-flu-treatment/ #japan #sciencehealth #birdblu #birds #endangered #hokkaido #medicine #health #environmentministry
GrowingForJustice, 7 days ago @thejapantimes good to hear it. Because a man in Mexico just died of H5N2 and no one knows how he got it. We are going to need treatments that work.
@thejapantimes good to hear it. Because a man in Mexico just died of H5N2 and no one knows how he got it. We are going to need treatments that work.
thejapantimes, 8 days ago to Japan Efforts are underway in Japan to develop artificial intelligence-based tools that will help detect dementia at an early stage, including one that analyzes how people walk. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/05/japan/science-health/ai-dementia-detection/ #japan #sciencehealth #ai #dementia #elderly #tech
Efforts are underway in Japan to develop artificial intelligence-based tools that will help detect dementia at an early stage, including one that analyzes how people walk. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/05/japan/science-health/ai-dementia-detection/ #japan #sciencehealth #ai #dementia #elderly #tech
thejapantimes, 10 days ago to Japan Poor seaweed harvests in the Ariake Sea have prompted a team of researchers at Kyushu University to experiment with growing the marine algae on land. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/japan/science-health/kyushu-university-onshore-seaweed-farming/ #japan #sciencehealth #oceans #agriculture #water #tech #kyushuuniversity #nishinipponshimbun #fukuoka #ehime #food
Poor seaweed harvests in the Ariake Sea have prompted a team of researchers at Kyushu University to experiment with growing the marine algae on land. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/japan/science-health/kyushu-university-onshore-seaweed-farming/ #japan #sciencehealth #oceans #agriculture #water #tech #kyushuuniversity #nishinipponshimbun #fukuoka #ehime #food
thejapantimes, 11 days ago to Japan Scientists are making a link between the kind of extreme rainfall that is being made more frequent and intense by climate change and increases in mortality from respiratory diseases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/02/japan/science-health/extreme-rain-respiratory-mortality-health/ #japan #sciencehealth #rainyseason #climatechange #environment #health
Scientists are making a link between the kind of extreme rainfall that is being made more frequent and intense by climate change and increases in mortality from respiratory diseases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/02/japan/science-health/extreme-rain-respiratory-mortality-health/ #japan #sciencehealth #rainyseason #climatechange #environment #health
thejapantimes, 11 days ago to worldwithoutus A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon, boosting the nation’s efforts to compete with the U.S. in a race to send people back to the lunar surface for the first time in more than half a century. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/02/asia-pacific/science-health/china-landing-far-side-moon/ #asiapacific #sciencehealth #china #space #us #nasa #russia #change6
A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon, boosting the nation’s efforts to compete with the U.S. in a race to send people back to the lunar surface for the first time in more than half a century. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/02/asia-pacific/science-health/china-landing-far-side-moon/ #asiapacific #sciencehealth #china #space #us #nasa #russia #change6
thejapantimes, 13 days ago to Japan A diabetes drug has been found to eliminate senescent cells — which accumulate with age and contribute to hardening of the arteries and other diseases — in mice, paving the way for research on aging-related diseases, researchers at a Tokyo university say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/31/japan/science-health/diabetes-drug-aging/ #japan #sciencehealth #dementia #aging #juntendouniversity #alzheimer039s #pharmaceuticals
A diabetes drug has been found to eliminate senescent cells — which accumulate with age and contribute to hardening of the arteries and other diseases — in mice, paving the way for research on aging-related diseases, researchers at a Tokyo university say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/31/japan/science-health/diabetes-drug-aging/ #japan #sciencehealth #dementia #aging #juntendouniversity #alzheimer039s #pharmaceuticals
thejapantimes, 14 days ago to Japan In Japan, people often live in close proximity to one another. So when the person next-door decides to light up, secondhand smoke isn't just a health concern, it's a neighborly one too. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/30/japan/science-health/japan-passive-smoking/ #japan #sciencehealth #smoking #health #passivesmoking #cancer
In Japan, people often live in close proximity to one another. So when the person next-door decides to light up, secondhand smoke isn't just a health concern, it's a neighborly one too. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/30/japan/science-health/japan-passive-smoking/ #japan #sciencehealth #smoking #health #passivesmoking #cancer