R. Nakano

This study shows that candies with persimmon-derived tannin reduce SARS-CoV-2 delta variant titers in saliva from healthy volunteers and patients with COVID-19.

This study re-evaluates the Melting Flesh (M) locus in peaches by analyzing two ultra-late maturing cultivars, showing that the non-softening trait in one is due to deletion of endoPG genes, while the other has an unidentified M haplotype associated with melting flesh.

This study shows that BRAF mutation activates the RAF/MEK/ERK pathway, leading to COX2 overexpression and PGE2 production in canine urothelial carcinoma, promoting inflammation.

This study examines resistance genes and inoculum size effects in IMP-6 MBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae with reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones and amikacin in Japan.