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Our research focuses on:
The mission of our laboratory is to create and establish useful techniques
related to new findings in people with disabilities. To achieve this mission,
human-biology-related morphological, molecular, and physiological data
are collected and analyzed using newly developed methods. The actual research
subjects include undifferentiated stem cells in culture, simulating microgravity
for use in regeneration medicine. Bone, muscle, nerve, and blood regeneration
are used for induced form mesenchymal stem cells, and hematopoietic stem
cells, to better understand diseases and disability in rehabilitation medicine
and physical therapy. We also analyze the central nerve system using MEG
(Magnetoencephalography) and neural stem cell therapy.
We will participate in the International Space Station (ISS) program
for culture myoblasts and stem cells in space, in 2008, sponsored by Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA. We are also collaborating
with other researchers: Institute Pasteur (Paris), University of Texas
(NASA research group), Chinese Stem Cell Therapy Institutes, and with researchers
and clinicians in our university. We welcome you to join our laboratory
if you have curiosity about why and how we adapt to the environment, on
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