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Research launched on pregnancy-induced diseases

TOKYO, Japan - Narumi Umeda (R), director of NTT Docomo Inc.'s Research Laboratories, poses with Nobuo Yaegashi, deputy executive director of Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2014, announcing the launch of a joint project to establish mobile monitoring methods for the prevention and early detection of pregnancy-induced diseases.

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Software developed to draw up family history of genetic disorders

Professor Akimune Fukushima (L) of Iwate Medical University explains the mechanics of "f-tree," an application program designed to help draw up a medical family history of a person's possible genetic disorders, at a press conference in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 17, 2015. The software has been developed by the university's Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, an entity tasked with studying genomic cohorts of regional residents, among other duties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Research launched on pregnancy-induced diseases

TOKYO, Japan - Narumi Umeda (R), director of NTT Docomo Inc.'s Research Laboratories, poses with Nobuo Yaegashi, deputy executive director of Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2014, announcing the launch of a joint project to establish mobile monitoring methods for the prevention and early detection of pregnancy-induced diseases. (Kyodo)