JST Strategic Basic Research Programs http://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/en/news.xml for top-down promotion of directed basic research. 2013/04/23 Visualization of an endogenous retinoic acid gradient across embryonic development http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature12037.html MIYAWAKI Life Function Dynamics 2013/04/08 Metre-long cell-laden microfibres exhibit tissue morphologies and functions http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nmat3606. html Takeuchi Biohybrid Innovation Project 2013/04/01 Discovery that immune cells in the brain promote survival of the corticospinal neurons http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20130325/index_e.html 2013/03/21 Development of new therapy for cancer by eradication of cancer stem cells http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20130319/index_e.html 2013/03/14 Blastocyst complementation generates exogenic pancreas in vivo in apancreatic cloned pigs http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/02/13/1222902110.abstract NAKAUCHI Stem Cell and Organ Regeneration Project 2013/02/20 Deciphering the molecular mechanism underlying the degradation of damaged mitochondria http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20130130/index_e.html 2013/01/30 The first observation of how drugs are incorporated in DDS polymeric micelles with synchrotron X-ray source http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20130129/index_e.html 2013/01/29 Identification of a novel mechanism that facilitates memory in response to hunger http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20130125/index_e.html Yukinori Hirano "Epigenetic control and biological functions" 2013/01/25 Monitoring and robust induction of nephrogenic intermediate mesoderm from human pluripotent stem cells http://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/pressrelease/news/130123-123745.html Kenji Osafune "Understanding life by iPS cells technology" 2013/01/23 Identification of neuronal circuit for retrieving object memory http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20130110/index_e.html 2013/01/10