Japan - Reading facial expressions a likely skill specific to humans: study

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Reading facial expressions a likely skill specific to humans: study

Paying attention to facial expressions in order to understand behavioral patterns may be unique to human beings, a Japanese research team has found.

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Japan's iPS Cell Firm, U.S. Reagent Maker Sign Patent Deal

Kyoto, Feb. 21 (Jiji Press)--The company managing patents for induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, developed by Kyoto University Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, said Tuesday...

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Human ES cells improve monkeys with Parkinson's

A group of Japanese scientists has succeeded in improving the conditions of monkeys with Parkinson's disease after transplants of nerve cells generated from human Embryonic stem cells, or ES...

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Kyoto researchers confirm fat-burning protein

Japanese scientists say they have found a protein that helps the body burn fat following an intake of fatty meals.

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Japan Engineers to Launch Online Network for Regenerative Medicine

Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese researchers and doctors are set to launch an online network this month to share tissue-engineering information and techniques with...

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Research find chimpanzees help each other

Researchers at Kyoto University have determined for the first time in the world that chimpanzees, like humans, would help each other in times of need.

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Japan team confirms human iPSC-derived cells survive in monkey brain

KYOTO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese medical team said Tuesday it has confirmed that dopamine-generating cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) survived...

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Kyoto Univ. institute to publish journal with British chemistry society

KYOTO (Kyodo) -- An institute at Kyoto University said Friday it will launch a journal this year titled "Biomaterial Science" to be published jointly with...

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Japan iPS Techs Licensed to French Firm

Kyoto, Jan. 10 (Jiji Press)--A Kyoto intellectual property management firm said Tuesday it has reached an agreement with France's Vectalys SAS to grant a nonexclusive license to basic patents for...

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Kyoto research team to create stem cell bank

KYOTO -- A research team here has announced its plans to create a stem cells bank that will preserve artificially created stem cells to be used in regenerative medicine, it has been revealed....

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Man-made quake triggered to check Sakurajima magma

Japanese seismologists have triggered an artificial earthquake using dynamite in an experiment to help predict major eruptions at Mount Sakurajima, an active volcano in southwestern Japan....

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Blood platelets to be produced using iPS cells

A group of Japanese researchers has for the first time developed a technology to produce a large number of blood platelets using reprogrammed stem cells known as iPS cells.

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'Monogamy' and 'pair bonding' practiced among certain fish species: research

Recent research on the mating behavior of fish has proved that certain species practice the "one husband one wife" rule even when in a school, researchers...

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Space tornadoes caused by gas from rotating black holes: research

The mysterious phenomena in space known as "space tornadoes" are likely the result of high-energy gas shooting out of a rotating black hole, research by Kyoto...

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Research team makes transparent crab shells with high-tech possibilities

KYOTO -- Researchers have discovered a way to make crab shells transparent, which while of no use to the shells' former owners, could be applied to solar panels and...