A century has already passed since FRIEDRICH MIESCHER, working at Strasbourg and
Basel, began his study of protamine, one of the basic nuclear proteins of cells. It was first …

As a base for human transcriptome and functional genomics, we created the “full-length long
Japan” (FLJ) collection of sequenced human cDNAs. We determined the entire sequence …

The low cost, environmental harmless Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS)-based thin film solar cells are
fabricated by using abundant materials. The CZTS film possesses promising characteristic …

THE glutamate receptor (GluR) channel plays a key part in brain function 1,2 . Among GluR
channel subtypes, the NMDA (JV-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor channel which is highly …

The balanced corpus of contemporary written Japanese (BCCWJ) is Japan’s first 100 million
words balanced corpus. It consists of three subcorpora (publication subcorpus, library …

Toyota Hybrid System (THS), the powertrain that combines a gasoline engine and an electric
motor was first introduced in December 1997. It became the first mass-produced hybrid …

Background & Aims Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the predominant form
of esophageal cancer in Japan. Smoking and drinking alcohol are environmental risk factors …

Purpose: To determine the relationship between resistance to chemotherapy and microRNA
(miRNA) expression in esophageal cancer, we focused on miRNAs known to be associated …

Pancreatic cancer is the most lethal of all solid tumors partially because of its chemoresistance.
Although gemcitabine is widely used as a first selected agent for the treatment of this …

The purpose of this review is to examine the current status and future perspectives of the
molecular analysis of peritoneal lavage fluid in patients with gastric cancer. During the past 10 …