Huge crab at Hokkaido aquarium

Huge crab at Hokkaido aquarium

SAPPORO, Japan - A Hanasaki crab is exhibited at Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe aquarium in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, on Sept. 1, 2013. The crab, which was caught in August off Nemuro, Hokkaido, weighs 5.7 kilograms, much heavier than usually found.

World's 1st iPS clinical research to begin

World's 1st iPS clinical research to begin

KOBE, Japan - Masayo Takahashi, project leader from the state-backed scientific research institute Riken, speaks at a news conference in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 30, 2013. Riken and the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation said that the world's first clinical research using induced pluripotent stem cells, known as iPS cells, for the regeneration of retina will begin on August 1, 2013.

World's 1st iPS clinical research to begin

World's 1st iPS clinical research to begin

KOBE, Japan - Masayo Takahashi (far L), project leader from the state-backed scientific research institute Riken, speaks at a news conference in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 30, 2013. Riken and the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation said that the world's first clinical research using induced pluripotent stem cells, known as iPS cells, for the regeneration of retina will begin on August 1, 2013.

World's 1st iPS clinical research to begin

World's 1st iPS clinical research to begin

KOBE, Japan - Masayo Takahashi, project leader from the state-backed scientific research institute Riken, speaks at a news conference in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 30, 2013. Riken and the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation said that the world's first clinical research using induced pluripotent stem cells, known as iPS cells, for the regeneration of retina will begin on August 1, 2013.

World's 1st iPS clinical research to begin

World's 1st iPS clinical research to begin

KOBE, Japan - Masayo Takahashi, project leader from the state-backed scientific research institute Riken, speaks at a news conference in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 30, 2013. Riken and the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation said that the world's first clinical research using induced pluripotent stem cells, known as iPS cells, for the regeneration of retina will begin on August 1, 2013.

World's 1st iPS clinical research to begin

World's 1st iPS clinical research to begin

KOBE, Japan - Masayo Takahashi (L), project leader from the state-backed scientific research institute Riken, speaks at a news conference in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 30, 2013. Riken and the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation said that the world's first clinical research using induced pluripotent stem cells, known as iPS cells, for the regeneration of retina will begin on August 1, 2013.