Ube Frontier University

Aging beyond older adults: Transdisciplinary perspectives on demographic change in Japan

Population aging is increasingly recognized not merely as a demographic phenomenon, but as a broader societal transformation reshaping care systems, labor structures, infrastructure, communication, governance, and everyday social relations. Using Japan as an example of an advance...

Structural insights into fosfomycin efflux by a streptococcal ABC transporter

ABSTRACT Gram-positive bacteria encode a broad array of ABC transporters that mediate substrate translocation across the cell membrane, with some contributing to their survival under environmental stresses such as antimicrobial exposure. While several of these transporters have b...

Preclinical evaluation of a fully threaded biodegradable magnesium alloy headless compression screw for enhanced fixation in small bones

Background Biodegradable magnesium (Mg) alloys have attracted attention as alternatives to conventional metallic implants; however, their clinical applicability to fully threaded headless compression (HC) screws has been scarcely investigated. Methods In this study, a fully threa...