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1 September 2020 00:50

Efficacy of Esophageal Cancer Postoperative Adjuvant Treatment, Peptide Vaccine Treatment, Elucidated 5-year Survival Rate Approx. Doubled for Esophageal Cancer Patients - Kindai University

Kindai University’s Faculty of Medicine has, in a world first, shown the efficacy of cancer-specific vaccine therapy as a postoperative adjuvant therapy in a phase 2 clinical trial. Administration of cancer-specific vaccine therapy roughly doubled the 5-year survival rate of advanced esophageal cancer patients. Vaccine therapy amplifying CTL2 is expected to help validate peptide vaccine therapy.

7 July 2020 05:11

Discovery of Novel Nuclear Structure Inside Fertilized Eggs - Research Results Bring Us Closer to Solving the Riddle of the Development of Animals -- Kindai University

This research is expected to contribute to the development of reproductive medicine, including human infertility treatment, and animal breeding technology through practical application of the special characteristics of fertilized eggs that were discovered.

30 June 2020 01:11

Slack for higher education: Kindai to Become First Japanese University to Invigorate University-wide Communications and Smoothen the Delivery of Online Classes - Kindai University

- Introduction of Slack aims to build a new communication platform for staff and students institution wide - Utilization of Slack enhances the effectiveness of distance learning solutions - Expansion of student support through user-friendly Slack

11 June 2020 08:53

Efficacy of Opdivo (Nivolumab) in Cancer of Unknown Primary Cases Confirmed - Kindai University

- Efficacy of molecular target drug Nivolumab verified in investigator-initiated clinical trial for use with CUP by hospital team from Kindai University’s Faculty of Medicine - Reductions by more than half in tumor size in over 20% of CUP patients observed - Nivolumab expected to become standard treatment for CUP cases with no standard treatment

27 March 2020 10:00

ALMA Resolves Gas Impacted by Young Jets from Supermassive Black Hole - Kindai University

Astronomers obtained the first resolved image of disturbed gaseous clouds in a galaxy 11 billion light years away by using ALMA. The team found that the disruption is caused by young powerful jets ejected from a supermassive black hole residing at the center of the host galaxy. This result will cast light on the mystery of the evolutionary process of galaxies in the early Universe.

1 November 2019 05:00

Preclinical Stage Verification for Combined Use of a Drug Under Development with an Existing Drug to Stimulate the Immune System to Attack Cancer Cells - Kindai University

The research team from Kindai University's Faculty of Medicine, in cooperation with DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, have verified at the preclinical stage that using the currently under-development anti-cancer drug, U3-1402*1, in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors*2 has the potential to be an effective treatment.

5 September 2019 04:00

Kindai University Students Work on Market Development of “Gokiburi Hoi Hoi” (Cockroach Catcher) in Vietnam.

Kindai University and Teikyo University have cooperated on an overseas internship program in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Students worked on developing new markets for "Gokiburi Hoi Hoi" (Earth Cooperation) through a problem solving project-based learning program. After returning to Japan, the students will give a presentation of their marketing strategies to the CEO of Earth Cooperation.

5 August 2019 02:00

Ground Breaking Development of World’s First CurativeTreatment of Intractable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Path to Establishment of Standard Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Kindai University

Senior Administrator Masatoshi Kudo of Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, with his research group has invented a new method (LEN-TACE) of treating patients with intractable multinodular or large liver cancers, particularly those with near advanced liver cancer.

10 July 2019 01:00

Mechanism Behind Onset of Autoimmune Pancreatitis Caused by Changes in Intestinal Flora Elucidated Development of New Treatment Methods Expected - Kindai University

Kindai University have discovered, for the first time in the world, a deep link between changes in the maintained balance of accumulated co-existing intestinal flora (bacteria) and immune responses in patients with chronic disease of the pancreas caused by autoimmune pancreatitis. This paper will be published online at midnight Japan time, July 10th, 2019, in “International Immunology”.

13 June 2019 05:50

Successful Construction of Artificial Cell Nuclei Inside of Fertilized Egg; A World First One Part of the Cell Nuclei Structure Formation Mechanism Elucidated - Kindai University

A Research group comprised of Kindai University’s Faculty of Biology-oriented Science and Technology , the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and Osaka University have focused their attention on the building blocks of life, DNA, and in a world first, the group has artificially created cell nuclei structures in living mouse fertilized eggs.

12 March 2019 02:03

Cell nuclei of 28,000-years-old mammoth reacted in living embryos by cloning technology

-We have succeeded in observing the reconstruction of cell nuclei collected from mammoth fossils inside living mouse oocytes. -Mammoth’s cell nuclei were found to have retained biological activity for 28,000 years in permafrost. -This study paves a way for decoding old biological information using cell nuclei of ancient creatures and future leaps of evolutionary biology are expected.

3 December 2018 00:30

Prospects and Possibilities for Japan’s 2019 G20 Osaka Summit - Soka University

There are growing concerns about the effectiveness and legitimacy of the G20 and global governance. The Soka University Peace Research Institute and partner institutions from Australia, Canada, and Russia have convened this one-day conference to address these issues, constructively engaging and contributing to Japan’s G20 Presidency agenda.