University of Tokyo
Coronary Artery Disease Loci Identified in Japanese GWAS, Trans-Ancestry Meta-Analysis
Researchers found ancestry-specific risk variants and developed a better polygenic risk score based on a GWAS and subsequent meta-analysis.
The Tokyo-based firm is looking to expand into the US market following a recent ¥700 million ($6.6 million) Series B financing round.
Japan's BitBiome Raises ¥700M in Series B Financing
he single-cell microbiome sequencing firm has raised a total of ¥1.5 billion in equity financin
Large-Scale Japanese GWAS Uncovers Two Novel Loci Associated With Lung Cancer, Heart Disease
The GWAS of more than 200,000 Japanese individuals across 42 diseases identified 25 novel loci shared between Japanese and European populations.
Gastric Cancer Analysis Uncovers Links to Alcohol Use, Genetic Factors in East Asians
Alcohol use in combination with ALDH2 mutations or germline changes in the CDH1 gene corresponded to a subset of diffuse-type gastric cancer cases in East Asian individuals.
Dec 19, 2016
Editas Medicine Inks Licensing Deals for CRISPR IP
Jul 10, 2015
Nov 4, 2014
Oct 25, 2010
Team Sequences First Japanese Genome
Jun 26, 2009
Feb 27, 2009