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GENETICS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Dec 17, 2016
Scientific discoveries inspire amid a turbulent 2016
A number of the notable science stories of the past year are, quite literally, out of this world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 15, 2016
Undersea mystery: Genetic secrets of the seahorse unveiled
Scientists have unlocked some of the genetic secrets of the weird and wondrous seahorse, including its exotic eccentricity of male pregnancy.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 12, 2016
Research quantifies genetic damage caused by smoking
Scientists have found that smoking a pack a day of cigarettes can cause 150 damaging changes to a smoker's lung cells each year.
EDITORIALS
Sep 26, 2016
Human genome editing
Given the potential benefits and risks of genome editing, the government should develop strict rules to regulate the technique.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2016
Inventions changed our genetic code
When humans invent technology, we also reinvent ourselves.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Aug 20, 2016
The gene that may benefit sumo giants
Samoa, with its string of beautiful islands and coral atolls in the South Pacific, is attracting more than just tourists these days. Scientists are heading there, too. The nation holds the uneviable position of being No. 1 in the world for obesity. Among Samoan men, 80 percent are either overweight or...
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2016
Chinese plan first human test with CRISPR gene-editing tool
Chinese scientists apparently are embarking on the first human trials with the CRISPR gene-editing tool, the latest effort by the country's researchers to master a technology that might someday be a potent tool in developing therapies worldwide.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 6, 2016
Primate fate: Chinese fossils illuminate key evolutionary period
A treasure trove of fossils of six furry critters that inhabited the trees of southern China 34 million years ago is providing a deeper understanding of a pivotal moment in the evolution of primates, the group that eventually gave rise to people.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2016
Medical facilities to launch ovarian tissue bank for female cancer patients
A Tokyo fertility clinic plans Japan's first ovary bank to help women conceive by freezing their tissue before cancer treatment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 12, 2016
Massive whole-genome study finds six types of liver cancer
In the largest genomic study ever targeting single-organ cancers, Japanese researchers have completed a whole-genome analysis of 300 liver cancer patients, discovering that liver cancer among Japanese can be broken down into six types.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 1, 2016
Ohio zoo's gorilla provides window into genome similarities between humans, great apes
A gorilla named Susie is helping provide fresh insight into the genetic similarities and differences between people and these endangered apes that are among our closest living relatives.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2016
Now scientists can keep complicated life simple
The origin of life on Earth remains unexplained, but last week we saw the notion of a simpler version of life go from theory to reality.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 24, 2016
China throws down the gauntlet in gene-editing race with U.S.
U.S. companies racing to develop a promising gene editing technology are up against a formidable competitor — the Chinese government.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 11, 2016
Genome offers clues on thwarting disease-carrying ticks
Scientists have unlocked the genetic secrets of one of the least-loved creatures around, the tick species that spreads Lyme disease. The research may lead to new methods to control these diminutive arachnids that dine on blood.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 3, 2016
From a rare Florida tree, cuttings are taken to regrow forest of ancient giants
An experiment in regrowing forests of the world's oldest trees led environmentalists last week to climb a nine-story tall, 2,000-year-old cypress in central Florida known as Lady Liberty.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2015
Gene-drive technology carries promise, peril
Most powerful new technologies are double-edged, but gene drives can change or even wipe out entire species.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 6, 2015
Under Japanese law, there's more to paternity than DNA
A reader asks: Is a DNA test mandatory in order to prove the biological parent-child relationship in paternity cases in Japan?
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2015
Many children with cancer born at risk: U.S. study
Gene sequencing of more than 1,000 children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer found that as many as 8.5 percent were born with genes that increase their risk of developing cancer, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2015
Alarming new 'superbug' gene found in animals and people in China
A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China — including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers said this week.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2015
Drug genes transferred from plant to plant
Researchers on Thursday said they have identified the genes that enable an endangered Himalayan plant to produce a chemical vital to making a widely used chemotherapy drug, and inserted them into an easily grown laboratory plant that then produced the same chemical.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

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