• 18.05 Kainos to expand transfusion business by selling Spain’s Grifols instruments and reagents for blood group determination in Japan ++++ 
  • 18.05 Unitika: absorption of cryptoxanthin, a Satsuma carotenoid, in human intestine is strongly stimulated by simultaneous intake of milk or yoghurt ++++ 
  • 16.05 Takara Bio increases sales in FY2011 by 4,5 %, profit by 69 %, highest profit ever ++++ 
  • 15.05 Japan Tissue Engineering (J-TEC) starts clinical trial on autologous epidermis for treatment of Epidermolysis bullosa ++++ 
  • 10.05 Kobe University Hospital starts clinical trials with autologous cartilage cells, 10 cases ++++ 
  • 10.05 Matsutani Chemical Industry will start selling „Rare Sugar Sweet“, an isomerized sugar containing D-psicose ++++ 
  • 08.05 Vision Bio Co. puts DNA-based kit for selective assay of microorganisms, molds in food on the market ++++ 
  • 07.05 On-chip Biotechnologies to market microfluidics-based cell sorter ++++ 
  • 03.05 Shiseido finds D-glutamic acid to restore barrier function of skin, develops sensitive analysis for D-amino acids ++++ 
  • 03.05 ECM Co. starts selling tissue-culture based human elastin in cosmetics and drinks ++++ 
  • 02.05 Vitamin C concentration in skin influences skin withering, melanin formation: Tokyo Institute of Gerontology ++++ 
  • 01.05 Yakult Honsha to build International Conference Hall for 24 billion Yen in Tokyo (220 million €) ++++ 
  • 27.04 US Ezose Science, a subsidiary of Shionogi Diagnostics, to collaborate with Hirosaki University in glycomics research to find new biomarkers for prostate and urological cancers ++++ 
  • 27.04 RIKEN researchers elucidate new clues for immunosuppression mechanisms influenced by the intestinal community which trigger autoimmune diseases ++++ 
  • 26.04 Morishita Jintan manufactures and sells in China Salacia reticulata plant extracts which help to control weight ++++ 
  • 24.04 ANA performs first transpacific flight using cooking oil biofuel; delivery flight of a 787 dreamliner ++++ 
  • 24.04 Hirosaki University: new RNA silencing technology in grafted tomatos, apples leads to transformed plants which are not transgenic ++++ 
  • 20.04 Yamato Systems starts security box service for biological specimen, visualizing storage status etc. ++++ 
  • 20.04 Japan Health Research Institute founds Onsen Medical Science Research Center, specializing in balneotherapy ++++ 
  • 18.04 Nikento Honsha and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology develop technology to remove tsunami-borne salt from rice paddies by microalgae ++++ 

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