Japanese researchers have developed artificial corneal tissue that could be used in toxicity tests for cosmetics, a finding that could mean live rabbits will no longer be used for these tests. The research team at the National Institute of Agrobiological Societies in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, announced the breakthrough in an online British science journal. The…

A Japanese research team led by Mitinori Saitou, a professor specializing in germ cell biology at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine has found a new method of transforming embryonic stem cells to generate sperm faster and more efficiently. This finding that could lead to a clearer understanding of how sperm and ova are…