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In a discovery that ties the biology of aging to cancer risk, scientists from the University of Tokyo have found that the ...

Scientists from The Institute of Medical Science (based at The University of Tokyo) have discovered that hair greying and ...

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The new study, led by Professor Emi Nishimura and Professor Yasuaki Mohri, tracked how these stem cells react under pressure.