Intraocular pressure-lowering effects of ripasudil on open-angle glaucoma in eyes with high myopia and pathological myopia.

The aim is to study the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effects of additional administration of ripasudil in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients including high myopia (HM) and pathological myopia (PM). Study design is retrospective cohort study. We assessed the changes in the mean IOP between the HM eyes (axial length ≧ 26.

Construction of transgenic that exhibits new reddish leaf and flower colors due to introduction of β-carotene ketolase and hydroxylase genes.

, small white morning glory, is an ornamental plant belonging to the family Convolvulaceae, and cultivated worldwide. generates white petals including a pale-yellow colored star-shaped center (flower vein). Its fully opened flowers were known to accumulate trace amounts of carotenoids such as β-carotene.

Merger of (Betulaceae) from northern Japan with northeast Asian based on ploidy level.

It has been controversial whether , a dwarf birch distributed in Hokkaido of northern Japan, is an endemic species or a synonym of broadly distributed in northeast Asia. The endemic hypothesis is based on the idea that is diploid while is tetraploid and that they are separated based on the ploidy level; however, no chromosome data have actually been published before. Resolving the taxonomic problem is crucial also in judging the conservation priority of in a global perspective.