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　Press Releases

Uprooting cancer: Hydrogel rapidly reverts cancer cells back to cancer stem cells(Hokkaido U Press Release, March 30, 2021)

Hydrogel mimics human brain with memorizing and forgetting ability (Hokkaido U Press Release, Jul 28, 2020)

Bio-inspired hydrogel can rapidly switch to rigid plastic (Hokkaido U Press Release, Dec 4, 2019)

Getting glued in the sea (Hokkaido U Press Release, Nov 12, 2019)

Self-growing materials that strengthen in response to force (Hokkaido U Press Release, Feb 1, 2019)

New "tougher-than-metal" fiber-reinforced hydrogels (Hokkaido U Press Release, Feb 24, 2017)

Bonding to bones strongly (Hokkaido U Press Release, Jul 14, 2016)

Development of Ultrafast Color-Switching, Structural Colored Hydrogel — Proposal for a New Color Display Method (Hokkaido U Press Release, Sep 12, 2014)

Hydrogels with Cartilage-like Macroscopic Anisotropic Structure Successfully Developed (Hokkaido U Press Release, Sep 12, 2014)

　Hokkaido University Research Profiles

"Flexible and Strong Gel"（Research Profiles: Life Sciences)

"Gel that is Stronger Than Steel"（Research Profiels: Manufacturing Technology）

"High Strength Gel That Spontaneously Bonds Strongly with Bone Tissue"（Research Profiles: Life Sciences）