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PharmaceuticalsTakeda, Kyoto University end 10-year stem cell tie-up, with no new drugs Japanese company injected $128m into iPS cell research Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka, left, and Takeda Pharmaceutical President Christophe Weber afte... [1]

US Elections: How Biden flipped battleground Pennsylvania Experts say Joe Biden appealed to white, working-class voters in battleground Pennsylvania, propelling him to the White House. [2]

Pennsylvania officials ask for patience as ballot count continues About 50 percent of the state’s mail-in ballots have been counted so far and authorities say a final tally could take days. [3]

Thailand’s Cabinet has approved the use of Fah Talai Jone (green chiretta or Andrographis paniculate) to treat asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, after a successful trial of the herbal remedy in prisons. [4]

TOKYO The Japanese health ministry has approved clinical research on a regenerative treatment that utilizes donated induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. [5]

BANGKOK, 28 March 2012 – The Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, has revealed that Ya pak-king, or literally translated Beijing Grass, can help slow the spread of cancer. [6]

KYOTO A team of Japanese doctors recently performed a landmark surgery involving the use of donated induced pluripotent stem, or iPS cells, to treat macular degeneration, an intractable eye disease. [7]

TOKYO -- The field of regenerative medicine has up to now focused on finding better ways to produce induced pluripotent stem cells, which can become the various types of cells needed to treat different conditions. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-02-04 · 31% match

Takeda, Kyoto University end 10-year stem cell tie-up, with no new drugs

PharmaceuticalsTakeda, Kyoto University end 10-year stem cell tie-up, with no new drugs Japanese company injected $128m into iPS cell research Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka, left, and Takeda Pharmaceutical President Christophe Weber afte

[2] MM www.aljazeera.com · 2020-11-07 · 55% match

US Elections: How Biden flipped battleground Pennsylvania

US Elections: How Biden flipped battleground Pennsylvania Experts say Joe Biden appealed to white, working-class voters in battleground Pennsylvania, propelling him to the White House.

[3] MM www.aljazeera.com · 2020-11-04 · 39% match

Pennsylvania officials ask for patience as ballot count continues

Pennsylvania officials ask for patience as ballot count continues About 50 percent of the state’s mail-in ballots have been counted so far and authorities say a final tally could take days.

[4] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2021-07-28 · 38% match

Fah Talai Jone ‘green chiretta’ approved to treat asymptomatic COVID-19 cases

Thailand’s Cabinet has approved the use of Fah Talai Jone (green chiretta or Andrographis paniculate) to treat asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, after a successful trial of the herbal remedy in prisons.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-02-16 · 37% match

Japan greenlights clinical tests using donor iPS cells

TOKYO The Japanese health ministry has approved clinical research on a regenerative treatment that utilizes donated induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.

[6] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2012-03-28 · 35% match

Mahidol University: Ya pak-king can slow cancer spread

BANGKOK, 28 March 2012 – The Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, has revealed that Ya pak-king, or literally translated Beijing Grass, can help slow the spread of cancer.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-27 · 35% match

Nobel laureate has high hopes for donor iPS cells

KYOTO A team of Japanese doctors recently performed a landmark surgery involving the use of donated induced pluripotent stem, or iPS cells, to treat macular degeneration, an intractable eye disease.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-08-27 · 35% match

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TOKYO -- The field of regenerative medicine has up to now focused on finding better ways to produce induced pluripotent stem cells, which can become the various types of cells needed to treat different conditions.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-05 · 35% match

Landmark surgery a step forward for iPS, says Nobel laureate

KYOTO -- A team of Japanese doctors last week performed landmark surgery that transplanted stocked, donated induced pluripotent stem, or iPS cells, into a patient with an intractable eye disease.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-10-23 · 34% match

Researchers deploying iPS cells in fight against skin cancer

TOKYO -- Researchers in Japan have created a method that uses induced pluripotent stem cells to treat malignant melanoma, a type of skin cancer.

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