Recent examples have highlighted how stem cells have the capability to initiate morphogenesis
in vitro; that is, to generate complex structures in culture that closely parallel their in vivo …

Irrigation with wastewater supports agricultural production and the livelihoods of millions of
smallholder farmers in many parts of the world. Considering the importance of better …

We recorded the activity of midbrain dopamine neurons in an instrumental conditioning task
in which monkeys made a series of behavioral decisions on the basis of distinct reward …

… (54) established a ghrelin-producing cell line MGN3-1 from a gastric ghrelin-producing cell
tumour derived from transgenic mice in which SV40 Large T antigen was expressed under …

As a base for human transcriptome and functional genomics, we created the “full-length long
Japan” (FLJ) collection of sequenced human cDNAs. We determined the entire sequence …

The intestinal epithelium is the most rapidly self-renewing tissue in adult mammals. We have
recently demonstrated the presence of about six cycling Lgr5 + stem cells at the bottoms of …

… l–t, Paneth cells and stem cells in inducible Paneth cell depletion model. Mice of the indicated
genotype were injected with β-napthoflavone to induce Cre and were analysed 54 or 67 …

TIE-1 and Tie-2 define a new class of receptor tyrosine kinases that are specifically expressed
in developing vascular endothelial cells. To study the functions of Tie-1 and Tie-2 during …

Angiogenesis is thought to depend on a precise balance of positive and negative regulation.
Angiopoietin-1 (Ang1) is an angiogenic factor that signals through the endothelial cell–…

We have upgraded many features of the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS)
and released the new version as PHITS3.02. The accuracy and the applicable energy …