Tokyo University of Science

New research has found that a chemical abundant in fruits, vegetables and plant products can suppress the immune response seen in food allergies. It paves the way to developing a natural treatment for this globally increasing problem.

Stress and depression often go hand-in-hand. Now, new research has discovered that the antidepressant agent KNT-127 can also reduce stress levels. This opens the door to the development of treatments that can alleviate both depression and stress.

Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science have demonstrated a low-cost and highly promising form of nanoparticle technology, using corn and water as a starting point for a novel "bionanoparticle" that suppresses tumor growth in mice.

Intriguing new preclinical research has found targeting opioid receptors in the gut could be a new treatment for inflammatory bowel disease. The research builds on early evidence showing a relationship between opioids and immune cell function.

Researchers at Japan's RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology have created skin tissue complete with sebaceous glands as well as hair follicles. They started with mouse gums.​

Japanese scientists have induced the natural hair growth cycle in hairless mice through the implantation of bioengineered hair follicles.