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December 22, 2022

Our project is featured in the Science News, an online newspaper of Science Japan by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

Predicting the onset of bovine lymphoma ― Development of cancer screening technology

We have developed a clonality analysis method for bovine leukemia virus (BLV)-infected cells and applied for predicting the onset of bovine lymphoma. Our research group is currently developing a commercial reagent kit for the BLV clonality analysis and to apply this method for "cancer screening in cattle" in clinical settings. The clinical application of our cancer screening technology will contribute to reduce damage to livestock industry and improve productivity.

This release is related to the original article below:

　　Okagawa T, Shimakura H, Konnai S, Saito M, Matsudaira T, Nao N, Yamada S, Murakami K, Maekawa N, Murata S, Ohashi K.

　　Diagnosis and Early Prediction of Lymphoma Using High-Throughput Clonality Analysis of Bovine Leukemia Virus-Infected Cells.

　　Microbiology Spectrum, 10(6):e0259522, 2022

　　https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02595-22 (open access)