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Japanese team replicates movement in small muscle grown from rat cells

Japanese team replicates movement in small muscle grown from rat cells

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo Professor Shoji Takeuchi holds a bottle containing an artificial joint at the university's Institute of Industrial Science in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Oct. 24, 2014. A team led by Takeuchi has succeeded in replicating contraction and stretching in a small muscle grown from rat cells. The team attached two artificial muscle tissues to either side of a 2-centimeter-long artificial joint and was able to contract and stretch them smoothly by applying an electric stimulus.

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Wartime poet's niece shows collection of his poems

Wartime poet's niece shows collection of his poems

Nobuyo Shoji, niece of poet Kozo Takeuchi known for poems depicting his wartime inner conflicts, holds a collection of his works at her home in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2015. Takeuchi died at 23 as an Imperial Japanese Army soldier toward the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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