Kaneka Corporation

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Japan Tobacco Inc.

Shinya Yoshida

Akira Kobayashi

Hideo Niwa

Yoshiaki Miyamoto

Hirokazu Kurata

Naohiro Imai

Kazuaki Yamamoto

Nobuhiko Sato

Yukio Kurata

Haruhisa Takiguchi

Kuniaki Okada

Atsushi Ogawa

Hiroyuki Yamamoto

Masahiro Araki

Masaru Nakatani

Takao Kinoshita

Masayuki Hoteida

Tohru Murata

Katsuo Noguchi

Yoji Uwano

Takako Moriyama

Takeshi Funaki

The present invention has its object to provide a material for separating stem cell and a filter for separating stem cell, each is capable of selectively separating and recovering, in a simple and easy manner, stem cells from body fluids or biological tissue-derived treated fluids, a method for separating and recovering stem cells, and stem cells obtained by such method. The present invention is a material for separating stem cell which has a density K of 1.0&#xd7;10&#x2266;K&#x2266;1.0&#xd7;10and a fiber diameter of 3 to 40 &#x3bc;m; a filter for separating stem cell which comprises the material for separating stem cell as packed in a container having a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port; a method of separating and recovering stem cells which comprises using the material for separating stem cell or the filter for separating stem cell; and a method of producing a multipotent cell fraction.

Stem cell separating material and method of separation

The present invention relates to a separation system and a separation material for easily and rapidly separating a red blood cell-rich fraction, a white blood cell-rich fraction, and/or a platelet-rich fraction from a biological fluid containing these blood cell components without the necessity of performing centrifugation. The separation of a red blood cell-rich fraction, a white blood cell-rich fraction, and/or a platelet-rich fraction from a biological fluid can be accomplished by capturing white blood cells and platelets on a blood cell separation material by contacting the biological fluid with the blood cell separation material, thereby providing a red blood cell-rich fraction; and recovering a white blood cell-rich fraction by separating white blood cells captured from the resulting blood cell separation material using a separation solution.

Blood component separation system and separation material

A nitride semiconductor structure in which a first nitride semiconductor underlying layer is provided on a substrate having a recess portion and a projection portion provided between the recess portions at a surface thereof, the first nitride semiconductor underlying layer has at least 6 first oblique facet planes surrounding the projection portion on an outer side of the projection portion, and a second nitride semiconductor underlying layer buries the first oblique facet planes, a nitride semiconductor light emitting element, a nitride semiconductor transistor element, a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor structure, and a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor element are provided.

Nitride semiconductor structure, nitride semiconductor light emitting element, nitride semiconductor transistor element, method of manufacturing nitride semiconductor structure, and method of manufacturing nitride semiconductor element

The invention relates to a porous material for body fluid treatment for promoting lymphocyte proliferation in lymphocyte culture which contains a high-molecular compound having an angle of contact with water within the range of 40 to 98&#xb0;, and a porous material for body fluid treatment which comprises activated carbon; and also relates to a treatment device wherein the porous material is used; a method for proliferating lymphocytes; a method for producing mammalian lymphocytes; a method for producing a pharmaceutical composition; an additive body fluid to be added to a culture medium on the occasion of lymphocyte culture; a method for treating a disease against which a therapeutic effect is produced by returning extracorporeally activated mammalian lymphocytes into the body; and a method of manufacturing the porous materials for body fluid treatment for promoting the lymphocyte proliferation in lymphocyte culture.

Adsorbent for lymphocyte proliferation inhibitor and treating method

Shredded tobacco of the invention is treated with metal iodate. A method of treating tobacco of the present invention includes adding metal iodate to shredded tobacco to decompose tobacco specific nitrosamines and polyphenols in the shredded tobacco, thereby reducing the TSNAs and polyphenols.

Shredded tobacco and method of treating tobacco

This invention relates to a granulocyte adsorbent comprising a polymer compound having an unsubstituted hydroxyl group and a hydroxyl group in which H has been substituted with at least one substituent R, a method for producing such adsorbent, a device for adsorbing granulocytes and a system for removing granulocytes using such adsorbent, and body fluid or a cell suspension from which granulocytes have been removed using such adsorbent.

Granulocyte adsorbent

An optical component according to the present invention comprises a substrate, and at least one optical element obtained by processing at least one thick optical film provided on the substrate. The optical component has a plurality of surfaces substantially not parallel to a surface of the substrate.

Optical component and method for producing thick polyimide film

In a light detecting device for detecting light beams passing through a light-gathering optical system, an aberration detector of the present invention includes photodetectors for forming a light-gathering spot of a first light beam passing near an optical axis, and photodetectors for forming a light-gathering spot of a second light beam passing outside the first light beam. In accordance with detection signals of the detectors, a spherical aberration of the light-gathering optical system can be detected. With this arrangement, a spherical aberration appearing on the light-gathering optical system is precisely detected and corrected in an appropriate manner, so that it is possible to suitably record and reproduce information in a magneto-optical disk.

Spherical aberration detector and optical pickup device

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Takasago, Japan

Shinya Yoshida