Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.

Tetsuya Kuhara

Takehito Itoh

Akio Yamada

Kanetada Shimizu

Mai Murata

Junichi Minami

Takumi Sato

Yodai Kobayashi

Yoshifumi Iwamaru

Youdai Kobayashi

Provided is a novel sleep-promoting composition. Provided is a sleep-promoting composition comprising bacteria belonging toas an active ingredient. The sleep-promoting composition related to the present technology may prolong a sleep time by prolonging non-REM sleep and REM sleep, reducing a spontaneous behavior amount during sleep, or reducing an awakening time during sleep. The sleep-promoting composition related to the present technology may also reduce difficulty in daytime awakening. The sleep-promoting composition related to the present technology may be used for a medical composition or a food and beverage composition.

Sleep-promoting composition, and medical composition and food beverage composition using said sleep-promoting composition

A novel agent useful for improving brain function is provided. The active ingredient in this agent is aand/or a-containing cultured material is provided.

Brain function improving agent

Disclosed are: a method for detecting pathogenic isoform of prion protein as distinguished from normal prion protein in a simple manner, rapidly, with a high degree of sensitivity and quantitatively without the need of the enzymatic treatment with protease K; and a reagent for use in the method. Specifically disclosed are: a pathogenic isoform of prion protein binder which comprises lactoferrin; and a method for detecting pathogenic isoform of prion protein by using the pathogenic isoform of prion protein binder.

Abnormal prion protein binder, and method for detection of abnormal prion protein

Natural Killer (NK) cells are obtained by administering a Toll-like receptor ligand such as polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid into the peritoneal cavity of an animal to which lactoferrin has been administered to proliferate NK cells in the peritoneal cavity and collecting NK cells from the peritoneal cavity.

Method for proliferating natural killer cells

Method of screening for substances which proliferate natural killer cells

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Zama, Japan

Tetsuya Kuhara