Life Science & Medical Technology

Electrical machinery companies are seeking to increase sales of light-emitting diode (LED) lights distinguished by their health effects and comfort for users.While LED lights have become popular, the market for such devices is expected to peak in 2020. Manufacturers are thus aiming to revitalize the market by improving the quality of light.

A fertilizer maker in Hyogo Prefecture has claimed it succeeded in artificially cultivating “bakamatsutake,” a mushroom species close to precious matsutake, for the first time in the world.

Goichiro Toyoda, 34, has an impressive resume. A graduate of the prestigious University of Tokyo faculty of medicine, Toyoda worked as a brain surgeon in Tokyo before leaving to become a research scholar at Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

The economy ministry has decided to test the efficacy of products and services that claim to prevent dementia, ministry officials said. There are many such offerings, including drills that let users solve calculation problems on a touchscreen, but the actual effects of such products and services are not clear. The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry intends to launch a verification project to investigate how much benefit they provide, the officials said.

American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries leading to new approaches in harnessing the immune system to fight cancer, the award-giving body said on Monday.

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo was awarded on Monday this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, for his discovery of a protein that contributed to the development of an immunotherapeutic drug against cancer.

The two researchers, from Japan and the U.S., who won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday are credited for discoveries that have revolutionized cancer care, turning the body’s immune system loose to fight tumors.