Research Topics
From dots to lines: new database catalogs human gene types using ’ACTG’ rulesThe Joint Open Genome and Omics Platform 1.0 (JoGo 1.0) catalogs 19,194 human genes with a novel naming system. Researchers expect the database to benefit medicine and genomics, and to provide a common language for human gene types.
Professor Masao Nagasaki
Medical Institute of Bioregulation
How fast you can walk before hip surgery may determine how well you recoverResearchers report that patients who can walk at least 1 meter per second before hip replacement have significantly better mid-term postoperative outcomes.
Graduate School of Medical Sciences / Faculty of Medical Sciences
Yuki Nakao, MD / Associate Professor Satoshi Hamai
Parasitic matricide, ants chemically compel host workers to kill their own queenResearchers detail a parasitic strategy, first observed in a blog post, where an invading ant queen uses a chemical spray to compel host workers into killing their own mother
Assistant Professor Keizo Takasuka
Faculty of Sciences