Wastewater viral loads can provide advance warning of COVID-19 outbreaks
Joint Research with Hokkaido University and etc.:Professor IMOTO Seiya at the Division of Health Medical Intelligence
August 3, 2022
Cross-border transmissions of the Delta substrain AY.29 from Japan to the world during the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games: Identifying at least 55 independent strains in 20 countrie
Representative : Professor IMOTO Seiya at the Division of Health Medical Intelligence
February 3, 2022
Tracking SARS-CoV-2 during Tokyo 2020 via wastewater-Wastewater-based epidemiological tracking of COVID-19 in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic village showed that SARS-CoV-2 was present in areas without diagnosed individuals-
Joint Research with Hokkaido University and etc.:Professor IMOTO Seiya at the Division of Health Medical Intelligence
January 30, 2022
Development of an accurate and rapid diagnostic method for COVID-19 using CRISPR-Cas3―Paper test strip results are possible within 40 minutes―
Representative: Professor MASHIMO Tomoji at the Division of Animal Genetics
June 8, 2021
The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo and IBM jointly developed a SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis and visualization system to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19 in Japan
Representative : Professor IMOTO Seiya at the Division of Health Medical Intelligence
October 8, 2020
Identification of a viral factor that impairs immune responses in COVID-19 patients
Representative : Associate Professor SATO Kei at the Division of Systems Virology
July 27, 2020
Development of an accurate and rapid diagnostic method for COVID-19 using CRISPR-Cas3－Paper test strip results are possible within 40 minutes－
Representative : Professor MASHIMO Tomoji at the Division of Animal Genetics
June 30, 2020
Joint Research Coronavirus Task Force Established to Promote Research and Development of COVID-19 Vaccine for Mucosal Immunity Based on Genetic Findings of the Novel Coronavirus Disease
Joint research with Keio University, etc.: Professor IMOTO Seiya at the Division of Health Medical Intelligence
May 13, 2020
Cats can infect other cats with virus that causes COVID19
－Cats in lab study showed no symptoms, still no evidence of pets spreading COVID-19 to humans－
Representative : Professor KAWAOKA Yoshihiro at the Division of Virology
March 23, 2020
Identification of an existing Japanese pancreatitis drug, Nafamostat, which is expected to prevent the transmission of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)
Representative : Professor INOUE Jun-ichiro at the Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology, as of the time of publication. Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo since 2020.
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