Makoto Hayashi

As is often the case with cutting-edge biomedical technology, the introduction of gene therapy in Japan provoked discussions of ethics and safety while offering little hope for dramatic recovery. Nevertheless, only 5 years after the first authoriz...

In this article I have examined the cell theory of T. Schwann and considered whether Schwann is to be called a reductionist. Schwann paid more attention to the development of cells rather than to the structure of them. That was because he intended...