From top left – First author Ayano Tsuru and supporting author Yumi Hamazaki. From bottom left - Research advisors Professor Eriko Kage-Nakadai, and Professor Shuta Tomida (IMAGE)

Osaka City University

From top left – First author Ayano Tsuru and supporting author Yumi Hamazaki. From bottom left - Research advisors Professor Eriko Kage-Nakadai, and Professor Shuta Tomida

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A Human Life Science research team led by graduate students teamed up with clinical comparative genomics researchers to show the possibility of distinguishing between acne strains and their association with acne by using nematodes as a model. It is hoped that this will lead to the treatment of acne, which is a problem for many young people, and to new uses for healthy skin-related acne strains.

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