Kenji Tamura

3 weeks ago | asahi.com | Kenji Tamura

Children conceived during the colder months of the year are less likely to become overweight than their siblings who are conceived in warmer weather, according to researchers. Their findings indicate that higher temperatures stemming from climate change may, conversely, contribute to an increase in the number of individuals vulnerable to obesity.

1 month ago | pericles.pericles-prod.literatumonline.com | Jonathon Tanks |Kenji Tamura

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Aug 6, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Kenji Tamura |Yuki Kanazashi |Chiaki Kawada |Yuya Sekine

AbstractVon Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal dominant, inherited syndrome with variants in the VHL gene, causing predisposition to multi-organ neoplasms with vessel abnormality. Germline variants in VHL can be detected in 80-90% of patients clinically diagnosed with VHL disease. Here, we summarize the results of genetic tests for 206 Japanese VHL families, and elucidate the molecular mechanisms of VHL disease, especially in variant-negative unsolved cases.

Jul 30, 2024 | acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Tadaaki Nishikawa |Kenji Tamura |Masashi Ando |Shigeki Kakunaga

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT Tadaaki Nishikawa reports fees for participating on a speakers’ bureau from Chugai Pharma, Eisai, Genmab, MSD, Roche Diagnostics, Sanofi, and Takeda; and institutional research funding from AstraZeneca and Daiichi-Sankyo. Akira Kawai reports fees for participating on a speakers’ bureau and/or acting in a consulting/advisory role and institutional research funding from Boehringer Ingelheim, Taiho Pharmaceutical, and Takara Bio.

Jan 2, 2024 | pubs.rsc.org | Kenji Tamura |Kimiyoshi Naito |Thi Thi Nge |Tanks Jonathon

Durable and recyclable biomimetic glycol lignin/polyolefin compounds for a circular economy Polyolefins are some of the most widely used plastics in the world due to being lightweight, low cost, and resistant to water and most chemicals. However, they are highly susceptible to photo-oxidative degradation under ultraviolet radiation, leading to environmental problems such as microplastic pollution, and furthermore making it difficult to recycle.