History & Philosophy of Science

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Part 2: The Invention of PCR

2026.01.06
The author first heard the term “PCR” in the early 1980s while undergoing training on a DNA synthesizer in the sub… 黒澤伸行

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Part 1 The “Analyzing Life’s Mysteries” Project Was Born from Analytical Instrument Development

2025.11.17
This series is based on a manuscript I had the honor of writing for the Journal of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan, “Continuation of the Fundamentals of Biotechnology Lecture Series/Miscel… 黒澤伸行

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Issue No. 7: Baseline Research and Biomarker Exploration

2024.07.18
It is believed that it will take at least 10 years for the drugs currently under development to begin practical use. By then, the overall healthcare system surrounding drugs is expected to differ significantl… 黒澤伸行

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Issue No. 6: Expectations for Drug Discovery and Health Research Using Simple Model Organisms – From the Perspective of ICT Utilization

2024.07.05
This series is based on the recognition that “drug development is entering a major t… 黒澤伸行

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Issue No. 5: Urgent Need for Building Co-Creation Platforms and Developing ICT Talent

2024.07.03
This series is based on the recognition that “drug development is entering a major turning point,” with its main theme… 黒澤伸行

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Issue No. 4: How to Navigate the Second Internet Revolution and the New Wave of Artificial Intelligence?

2024.07.03
In this series, we have been reviewing the drastic changes in the research and development environment for drug creation since around 2010. In the … 黒澤伸行

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Issue No. 3: Can the ‘Pipeline’ of Drug Development Be Reconsidered?

2024.06.29
This series begins with the recognition that drug development is entering a significant turning point. The main theme is to anticipate the next era from th… 黒澤伸行

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Issue No. 2: From Drug Discovery and Development to Precision Medicine

2024.06.21
Recently, three acquisition reports in the pharmaceutical industry have drawn significant attention: Takeda Pharmaceutical’s acqui… 黒澤伸行

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Issue No. 1: Drug Development at a Crisis or Turning Point

2024.06.14
The author has no prior experience working in a pharmaceutical company nor direct involvement in drug resea… 黒澤伸行

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Session 6: What Is True Marketing?

2025.01.09
【Hisashi Iwase】 For someone like me in my 40s, caught up in the whirlwind of dramatic corporate mergers and acquisitions, these experiences became invaluable to my social and professional life thereaft… 黒澤伸行