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Basic Research for Creation of Exercise Pills that Improve QOL of the Elderly by Combatting Sarcopenia and Frailty

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Toshihiko Ogura, Ph.D., M.D. | Tohoku University; Toshio Hakoshima, Ph.D. | Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Awardee Year: 2020…

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Year 2023 2022 2021 2020

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Cholinergic Input in Fast Versus Slow Cognitive Decline Upon Aging

Yusuke Tsuno, Ph.D. | Kanazawa University; Ulkuhan Guler, Ph.D. | Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Luisa Lopes, Ph.D. | Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Awardee Year: 2020 As people age, some maintain the cognitive function, while others suffer from…

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Development of Diagnosis and Therapeutics for Age-related Diseases Through the Research of D-amino Acids

Tomonori Kimura, Ph.D., M.D. | National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Awardee Year: 2020 Most amino acids have D- and L-enantiomers (chiral bodies). Although D-amino acids are present only in trace amounts unlike abundant L-amino acids, we have demonstrated that trace amounts…

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Development of High-precision Diagnostics and Treatment Evaluation Technique of Neurological Disorder using Quantitative fMRI Harmonization Technique

Daisuke Kokuryo, Ph.D. | Kobe University; Takashi Itahashi, Ph.D. | Showa University; Chika Sato, Ph.D. | National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology; Shigeyoshi Saito, Ph.D. | Osaka University
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Awardee Year: 2020 The proposed high-precision diagnostic…

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Development of a New Device for Estimating Cognitive Function, with Application to a Remotely Supervised exercise training system

Shizue Masuki, Ph.D. | Shinshu University; Hiroshi Nose, Ph.D., M.D. | Shinshu University
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Awardee Year: 2020 The goal of this project is to develop a device for estimating cognitive function (CF) from the heart rate (HR) response before everyday…

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Developing Next Generation Therapy for Age-related Fibrotic Disorders Targeting Secreted Type Pro-fibrotic Protein (A-FiD Research Consortium Study)

Ippei Shimizu, Ph.D. | Niigata University
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Awardee Year: 2020 The Aim of this study is to 1) Establish the concept and biomarker of Age-related Fibrotic Disorder (A-FiD), 2) Generate therapies for A-FiD. Here I define A-FiD as disorders including heart failure…

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Development of a Non-invasive Pathological Diagnostic Tool Based on Integrated MRI-microscopic Imaging to Revolutionize Dementia Research

Takashi Hanakawa, Ph.D., M.D. | Kyoto University; Nobukatsu Sawamoto, Ph.D. M.D. | Kyoto University; Hitoshi Hashimoto, Ph.D. | Osaka University
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Awardee Year: 2020 Cure for dementia is yet to be available despite of the past investment and effort, prompting…

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Development of a Novel Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Method by a Unique Brain Proteinderived Peptide with an Advanced Transdermal Absorption Device

Yasoumi Ouchi, Ph.D., M.D. |Hamamatsu University; Toshiharu Suzuki, Ph.D. | Hokkaido University
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Awardee Year: 2020 While many medical trials such as antibody therapies for amyloid to combat Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are still in vain due to a difficulty in…

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Development of Personalized-prognosis Prediction for Pneumonia Including COVID-19 Using Artificial Intelligence

Kazuki Taoka, Ph.D., M.D. | The University of Tokyo; Idan Yelin, Ph.D. | Israel Institute of Technology
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Awardee Year: 2020 In the present project, the artificial intelligence-based system for assessing pneumonia in the elderly which was previously developed by the…

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Development of Rationally Designed Bacterial Therapeutics to Promote Healthy Longevity

Kenya Honda, Ph.D., M.D. | Keio University School of Medicine; Dan Littman | New York University School of Medicine; Jun Huh | Harvard Medical School
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Awardee Year: 2020 Centenarians, who are living more than a century and have survived…

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