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BIOTECHNOLOGY

Last month, U.S. regulators laid out a pathway for approving gene-editing treatments for individual patients, removing requirements for repetitive studies that turned off drugmakers.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 26, 2025
Gene editing superstars team up to make cheaper rare disease cures
For a technology that costs millions, a collaborative approach may improve efficiency and allow the science to live up to its potential.
A clinical trial by a Tokyo-based venture company has confirmed that transplanting cardiac muscle cell clusters created from iPS cells into patients with severe heart failure improved their cardiac functions and symptoms.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Dec 13, 2025
Tokyo startup confirms efficacy of iPS cell-derived heart muscle transplants
According to Friday¡¯s announcement, the transplant was performed on 10 patients, and no major safety issues were confirmed.
With concerns rising over babies whose genetic makeup has been altered to accommodate the parents' preferences, the government aims to submit related legislation during next year's ordinary parliamentary session at the earliest.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Dec 4, 2025
Japan eyes ban on gene-edited babies
The government aims to submit related legislation during next year¡¯s ordinary parliamentary session at the earliest.
A Japanese research team comprising researchers from Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application and other institutions succeeded in producing iPS cells by adding artificially synthesized ribonucleic acid to human blood cells.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2025
Japan team develops effective method to create iPS cells from blood
While a method to create iPS cells using skin cells and synthetic RNA has already been developed, it had been thought to be difficult to produce iPS cells from blood cells.
Nobel Prize laureate Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a professor at Osaka University, is part of a team that has developed a technique to produce regulatory T cells that suppress excessive immune activity.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Oct 29, 2025
Nobel winner¡¯s team develops tech to make regulatory T cells
The team succeeded in turning T cells from mice suffering autoimmune diseases into stable regulatory T cells with a special culture method.
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Wednesday.
WORLD / Science & Health / EXPLAINER
Sep 5, 2025
Could humans live forever, as Putin was heard telling Xi?
Maybe not, experts say, though serious research is increasingly revealing more about why we age ¡ª and how we could try to stop it.
One of the early exemplars of Chinese innovation is a cell therapy that has shown promise to potentially cure a deadly blood cancer.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 14, 2025
China biotech¡¯s stunning advance is changing the world¡¯s drug pipeline
The number of novel drugs in China entering into development ballooned to over 1,250 last year, far surpassing the European Union.
Cultured meat over 1 centimeter thick developed using a new method incorporating hollow fibers into the cell culture process
51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Apr 21, 2025
New method developed to make cultured meat thicker
By incorporating hollow fibers into the cell culture process, the team succeeded in creating meat that was about 1 centimeter thick and weighed about 11 grams.
A genetically modified wolf juvenile, one of three successfully bred by reconstructing a genome from the ancient DNA of fossils from dire wolves that had been extinct for over 12,500 years by Colossal Biosciences, billed as "the world¡¯s only de-extinction company," is seen at age five months after his Oct. 1, 2024 birth, at a secure site in the northern United States.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2025
U.S. company resurrects the extinct dire wolf, or some version of it
Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has announced the birth of three genetically engineered wolf pups ¡ª all with striking white fur ¡ª created with the help of ancient DNA.
A myocardial cell sheet using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2025
Japanese startup seeks approval for world¡¯s first iPS regenerative treatment
The Osaka University startup is targeting patients suffering from severe heart failure for whom current treatment options are limited.
U.S. molecular biologist David Liu in 2017. A revolution is underway in gene editing, and at its forefront is Liu, whose pioneering work is rewriting the building blocks of life with unprecedented precision.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 7, 2025
The scientist rewriting DNA, and the future of medicine
American molecular biologist David Liu foresees his work to also contribute to areas such as developing more nutritious or disease-resistant crops.
Keio University in Tokyo
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2025
Keio University team says stem cell treatment helped improve spine injuries
Keio University said that the motor function score for two patients improved after an operation to implant more than 2 million iPS-derived cells into a spinal cord.
Instead of spending billions to resurrect woolly mammoths, we could focus on preserving endangered species, saving ecosystems, and securing biodiversity for the future.
COMMENTARY
Mar 17, 2025
Got $10 billion? Don¡¯t blow it cloning a woolly mammoth.
Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based biotechnology and genetic engineering startup valued at $10 billion, has raised $435 million to ¡°de-extinct¡± the woolly mammoth.
Too many people die from treatable diseases in places with little access to health care. To prevent this from happening, affordability, availability and acceptability considerations must be at the core of medical products' lifecycles, starting with R & D.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2025
To stop preventable deaths, start with the fundamentals
Treatable diseases like malaria are still causing too many deaths in places with poor health care. To prevent these, accessibility must be baked into medical development.
Kyoto University's CiRA Foundation will automatically make autologous induced pluripotent stem cells and turn them into heart muscle and nerve cells at a new facility in the city of Osaka starting in April.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Jan 8, 2025
Automated iPS cell production to start in Japan in April
Autologous iPS cells will be created and turned into, among others, heart muscle and nerve cells.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sunday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2024
U.S. House passes bill to blacklist some China biotech firms
China hawks in the U.S. House passed legislation that would blacklist Chinese biotech companies and their U.S. subsidiaries.
A colony of human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells established from fibroblasts. Kyoto University Hospital is looking to develop a treatment for Type 1 diabetes using iPS cells.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Sep 3, 2024
Kyoto University Hospital seeks to treat Type 1 diabetes using iPS cells
Researchers will begin clinical trial of a treatment as early as next year, which they hope will become available in the 2030s.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's public search facility in Alexandria, Virginia
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2024
U.S. funded over 1,000 patents for China-based researchers, data shows
The U.S. patent data could amplify calls to cancel or renegotiate the landmark U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement.
Kyoto University researchers have found a way to create ¡°near-indefinite¡± volumes of early-stage sperm and egg cells from iPS cells ¡ª a milestone that could potentially lead to new infertility treatments.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
May 21, 2024
New Japan study on germ cells may help advance infertility treatments
The research aims to expand our understanding of how human germ cells develop, and also opens up possibilities for creating sperm and egg cells in a lab.
An image provided by Profluent Bio shows the physical structure of OpenCRISPR-1, a gene editor created by AI technology from Profluent.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 25, 2024
Generative AI arrives in the gene-editing world of CRISPR
AI has arrived on the scene of gene editing with the goal of outdoing billions of years of natural evolution.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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