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2011.3.2

Our research on targeting therapy to treat tumor by polymeric micelles was carried in Sankei Shinbun.“Front Line of Medical Innovation, Prescription for Tomorrow, DDS that carries hopes”

2011.2.23

Our paper (Biomaterials) was selected as "The new Biomaterials Year in Images poster - 2010 edition". The title is "Polyion complex stability and gene silencing efficiency with a siRNA-grafted polymer delivery system."

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2011.2.10

Polymeric micelles as nano-scaled Trojan Horse was highlighted in the web site of Nature Japan for the successful chemotherapy to treat drug-resistant tumors.

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2011.1.28

Targeting therapy to treat drug-resistant tumor by polymeric micelles were carried in Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun.

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2011.1.24

Our research "Drug Delivery System overcomes the acquired drug resistance in cancer cells" was carried in TV program by NHK (Details).
(The pdf file is available from here.)

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2011.1.17-18

The ”International Symposium on Integrative Research to Lead Social Deployment of Medical Innovation” was held jointly with “System Integration for Industrialization of Regenerative Medicine: Creation of Organ Factory” which Professor Okano of Tokyo Women's Medical University leads in Chiyada-ku, Tokyo on Jan. 17th and 18th 2011.
(Official Site, Poster, Handbill)

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2011.1.6

Assistant Professor Kishimura received the Takagi award at the 20th Inteligent Materials/Systems Symposium. His presentation title is "Development of polyion complex nano-vesicles "PICsomes" toward novel intelligent DDS" (coauthors: Yasutaka Anraku, Stephanie Lee, Sayan Chuanoi, Kanjiro Miyata, Kazunori Kataoka).

2011.1.6

Our paper entitled "Improving drug potency and efficacy by nanocarrier-mediated subcellular targeting" was selected as a cover of Sci. Transl. Med.(Vol.3, No.64, January 2011) and the research of the paper was carried in Nippon Keizai Newspaper, Mainichi Newspaper, Yomiuri Newspaper, NHK News etc.
(The pdf file is available from here.)

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2010.12.16

Targeting therapy of cancer by polymeric micelles was carried in Yomiuri Shimbun.

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2010.10.1

Research activity of this FIRST project was carried in September 2010 issue > of "Highlighting Japan" published by the Japanese Government

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2010.9.25

Project meeting was held at Takeda-Hall in the University of Tokyo. 14 researchers presented their progress and plan and industry members had presented their involvement and their expectations. There were 67 participants.

2010.9.9

Development of visible drug delivery system for the diagnosis and therapy of pancreatic tumors was carried in Mainichi Newspaper, Nikkei Sangyo Newspaper, Nippon Keizai Newspaper (Web), and Kagaku Shimbun (Professor Kazunori Kataoka, Graduate Schools of Engineering and Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Professor Toru Tani, Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, and Dr. Ichio Aoki, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences)

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2010.9.9

Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office for Economic and Fiscal Policy, Science and Technology Policy, and Promotion of Local Sovereignty, Keisuke Tsumura visited Center for Nanobio Integration and Nanobio First project in the Tokyo University. After projects were reviewed by Professor Kataoka and Mr. Tsumura visited research facilities and communicated with researchers.

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2010.9.8

The press conference on the paper “Visible-drug delivery by supra-molecular nanocarriers directing to single-platformed diagnosis and therapy of pancreatic tumor model” for Cancer Research Sep. 15th issue was held at the University of Tokyo.

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2010.9.2

Dr. Cristina Garmendia, the Minister of Science Innovation, Spain, and her delegates visited Nanobio First Project at Tokyo University. They had briefing on the project by Professor Kataoka and visited research facilities.

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2010.7.13

NanoBio FIRST project is featured in Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, “Changing Advanced Research, Treatment of Cancer by nano particle”

2010.3.30

Kick-Off Meeting was held at JST office and twelve research leaders presented their research plans and there were 39 research members attended.

2010.3.9

Council for Science and Technology Policy had approved research plans, core researchers, operational support institutions for 30 projects which had been selected on Sep. 4th in 2009.