Qdai-mail Tsushin #005

An e-mail magazine, "Qdai-mail Tsushin" delivers campus news
every fourth Friday.

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Friday, May 25, 2018

** Topics

* Prof. Kazuo Miyamoto was elected as an international honorary
member of the American Academy of Arts and Science
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/299
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Professor Kazuo MIYAMOTO, Faculty of Humanities, was chosen as
an international honorary member of the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
was established in 1786, and being inducted as a member is
considered the highest honor in the U.S., as it symbolizes
great influence of the receiver on the time.


** Research

* Brazilian green propolis prevents cognitive decline with
reducing systemic inflammatory levels in elderly people living
at high altitude
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/94
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In the present study, the research groups of Associate Professor
Zhou Wu and Assistant professor Junjun Ni of Kyushu University
have found for the first time that intake of Brazilian green
propolis for 24 months prevents the cognitive decline with
reducing systemic inflammation in the elderly people living
at Tibetan Plateau.


* The fewer the deadlier
Understanding the mechanism behind HTLV-1 survival
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/93
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A study appearing in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of
Sciences gives new clues into how cancers like leukemia form
from the retrovirus HTLV-1, as well as insights into the possible
creation of a vaccine.


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