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Vision
Health Contribution

As an organization dedicated to health, we will strive to ensure the health of people worldwide.

Management Philosophy

We will contribute to promoting the health of all people worldwide.
We will provide safe, high-quality, and valuable products and services based on our daily research and efforts.
We will conduct fair transactions, respect ethics, and comply with laws and regulations in order to be a reliable enterprise.
We will perform sound management and develop as an enterprise contributing to health promotion.
We will effectively utilize resources and contribute to creating a healthy society while assuring harmony with the local community and natural environment.
We will always endeavor to improve ourselves and perform our tasks to the best of our ability and will assure full responsibility.
We will share the philosophy "health contribution" and our objectives and explore the future with a spirit of creation and innovation.
The Japan Institute for the Control of Aging has conducted research into control of aging since its foundation under the doctrine of contributing health promotion. As a result, the institute succeeded in developing a DNA oxidative damage measuring kit, thus taking the lead for this field.
The institute now sells many products related to oxidative stress, and such products are utilized in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, biochemistry, food sciences, etc. The institute also performs assay services utilizing its unique technologies. Preventive medicine and anti-aging are receiving increased attention with the advancement of aging society. In these areas, our Institute will contribute to realizing a healthy, long-lived society by developing and supplying research products.
Company Name
Japan Institute for the Control of Aging, Nikken SEIL Co., Ltd.

Representative
Tairin Ochi (president)

History
1985 Founded the Japan Institute for the Control of Aging.
1986 Organized seminars on comfortable aging.
1990 Released oxidized DNA, 8-OHdG measuring kit.
1995 Released oxidized lipid, anti 4-HNE
1998 Initiate the assay service as a registered sanitation inspection institute.
2000 Registered as a satellite center of the Trace Element Institute for UNESCO.
2003 Released oxidized lipid, HEL measuring kit.
2008 Have patents for antioxidant assay kit PAO.

Business of the institute
Develop, manufacture and sell biomarkers used for measuring oxidative stress and antioxidants.
Assay services using biomarkers, such as urine and blood sampling tests and food antioxidant assays.

The Japan Institute for the Control of Aging is engaged in the kit reagent business and assay service business.
In the kit reagent business, our Institute develops, manufactures, and sells research reagents used for measuring oxidative stress markers. In addition, our Institute's monoclonal antibodies and ELISA kits used for detecting products of oxidative damage caused by reactive oxygen species are highly evaluated by customers worldwide. The 8-OHdG Check (8-OHdG ELISA kit), the main product of the Institute, was awarded the Ikeda Special Prize of the Innovation Grand Prix in 1999 and a prize from the Minister of Science and Technology Agency in 2000.
In the assay service business, we conduct sample testing on urine and blood and perform antioxidant assays on foods based on the products we have developed and the analysis skills we have accumulated over many years. Interest in preventive medicine, anti-aging, and functional foods has increased in recent years. As a result, there have been growing number of requests from hospitals, universities, research institutes, food manufacturers, and medicine manufacturers all over Japan to analyze oxidative stress markers, aging-related hormones, and minerals.
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Contact
TEL: +81-538-49-0125, FAX: +81-538-49-1267
E-mail: biotech@jaica.com

Address and how to reach JaICA
Haruoka 710-1, Fukuroi, Shizuoka, 437-0122 Japan
About 4 hours from Nagoya International Airport.
20 minutes drive from Fukuroi station of JR lines.

Group companies of Nikken SEIL:
Nikken SEIL Co., Ltd. http://www.nikkenseil.co.jp/
Genox Corporation http://www.genox.com/
Zenken Co., Ltd. http://www.zenken-net.co.jp/
Health and Fitness Institute of Japan http://www.kentai.co.jp/
Lion Confectionery Co., Ltd. http://www.lion-k.co.jp/

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