Abstract: A method of examining for cancer in a non-primate mammal such as a pet animal may include, for example, a method of examining or diagnosing for cancer in a non-primate mammal, including evaluating taxic behavior of nematodes toward a urine sample from a subject mammal.

Abstract: A sheet-shaped cell culture comprising skeletal myoblasts for treating liver dysfunction or improving liver function. A method for producing the sheet-shaped cell culture, including a step of seeding a cell population comprising skeletal myoblasts on a culture substrate, a step of forming a sheet of the cell population into a sheet to form a sheet-shaped cell culture, and a step of detaching the formed sheet-shaped cell culture from the culture substrate. A method for treating liver dysfunction, including a step of applying the sheet-shaped cell culture to a site exhibiting the liver dysfunction.

Abstract: A composition comprising skeletal myoblasts for treating liver dysfunction or improving liver function, in which the liver dysfunction can be hepatitis, liver fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, or liver failure. The composition can be used for promoting the proliferation of liver cells, regeneration of the liver tissue and/or angiogenesis, and providing a method for treating liver dysfunction, including a step of treating applying the composition to a site exhibiting liver dysfunction.

Abstract: A material or method that can serve as an alternative to a related-art digestive fluid leak preventative material and method of preventing a leak of a digestive fluid, the digestive fluid leak preventative material includes a self-assembling peptide gel, has an adhesion persistence ratio with respect to a collagen sheet of at least 40%, and has a decomposition ratio of 35% or less in pancreatic juice treatment at 37° C. for 7 days.

Abstract: A method of examining for cancer in a non-primate mammal such as a pet animal may include, for example, a method of examining or diagnosing for cancer in a non-primate mammal, including evaluating taxic behavior of nematodes toward a urine sample from a subject mammal.

Abstract: An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a technique for enhancing the anticancer effect of ubenimex; in particular, enhancing its anticancer effect on solid cancer. This object can be achieved by a compound containing a chain structure in which a plurality of ubenimex molecules is linked to a chain polymer.