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July 19, 2023: French Minister of Higher Education and Research visits Yokohama Campus NEWS
July 4, 2023: Feature Highlight: Double whammy inflates gastric cancer risk by 45%
Working in tandem, a stomach microbe and rare variants found in nine genes greatly increase the risk of gastric cancer over a lifetime NEWS
June 16, 2023: Dr. Yukinori Okada, Team leader of the Laboratory for Systems Genetics, received the EULAR 2023 Abstract Award (Basic Science) NEWS
June 6, 2023: Research Highlight: How the immune system becomes overactivated in old age
By engineering mice lacking a key signaling molecule, researchers have shed light on how the immune system causes problems in elderly people NEWS
June 6, 2023: Dr. Arita's research introduction movie "Cutting-edge lipidomics technology reveals the biology of lipid diversity and disease control" is now available on the RIKEN English YouTube channel NEWS
April 19, 2023: Research Highlight: Gene-silencing complexes join forces to inactivate X chromosomes
Two protein complexes play key but different roles in silencing one X chromosome in female mammals NEWS
April 19, 2023: Research Highlight: A gut microbe that can exacerbate obesity
One species of bacteria that lives in the gut can contribute to weight gain in mice by overproducing trans fatty acids NEWS
March 27, 2023: A strong stomach for pathogens NEWS
March 27, 2023: IMS scientists received the 2022 RIKEN EIHO and BAIHO Awards NEWS
March 16, 2023: Research Highlight: The secret to preserving stem cell identity over time
The mechanism by which stem cells pass on their ability to change into other kinds of cells to the next generation has been uncovered NEWS
February 15, 2023: Research Highlight: New genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis revealed by analysis of multiple ancestry groups NEWS
February 14, 2023: DeepInsight-3D architecture for anti-cancer drug response prediction with deep-learning on multi-omics NEWS
January 27, 2023: Research Highlight: Gut microbe degrades digestive enzyme trypsin in the large intestine
A gut bacterium in the large intestine may help keep a digestive enzyme in check and provide higher protection from viruses NEWS
July 28, 2022: Dr. Masahiro Nakano, from Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases, received the EULAR 2022 Abstract Award (Basic Science) NEWS
May 17, 2022: Research Highlight: Mouse stem cells for primitive endoderm established
The third type of stem cells that make up the precursors of mouse embryos has been established for the first time NEWS
May 12, 2022: How a bot beamed from California to Japan may prevent cancer patients from losing their breasts unnecessarily NEWS
February 7, 2022: Four RIKEN IMS Scientists chosen as Highly Cited Researchers 2021 NEWS
January 12, 2022: RIKEN IMS Basic Policy Regarding the Sharing of Human Genome Data" is posted NEWS
December 20, 2021: RIKEN IMS Receives CZI Ancestry Network Grant to Investigate Immune Diversity in Japan and Asia NEWS
December 15, 2021: Research related to COVID-19
Factors leading to serious breakout COVID-19 infections NEWS