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Honorary Director
Takeo Mizutani
(Former Head of the Laboratory Animal Research Center, the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)/ Ph. D. in Agriculture)
The first project I worked on during my time at RIKEN was a mouse model experiment for liver dysfunction. Mice administered with soybean-fermented milk product showed suppressed GOT levels (an index measuring liver dysfunction). What surprised me even more was the fact that it was not medicine but a food product …
Honorary Advisor
Choji Kaneuchi
(Former Head of the Laboratories of Microbial Classification and Taxonomy, and of Microbial Preservation and Distribution (JCM) The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) / Ph.D. in Agriculture)
My lifework has been to collect rare bacterial strains from around the world. In Zambia, Africa, I found a highly immunostimulative strain of lactic acid bacteria from traditional fermented milk made in gourds …
Director
Ryoichi Shin
Ph. D. (Applied Life Science)
Research on “soybean milk-fermented product” began in 1995, during my time at RIKEN. This product acts not only to improve the intestinal environment, but a variety of other functions have also become increasingly apparent, such as immunostimulation, tumor inhibition and allergy suppression …