A review “Can the silkworm (Bombyx mori) be used as a human disease model?” has published in Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics (Advance Publication). Dr. Hidemasa Bono from DBCLS have contributed to this review by comparison of human homologs in insects (Bombyx mori and Drosophila melanogaster) and DNA microarray data analysis of silkworm utilizing the public database.

The open-access full paper can be found online at: http://doi.org/10.5582/ddt.2016.01011

Hiroko Tabunoki, Hidemasa Bono, Katsuhiko Ito, Takeshi Yokoyama “Can the silkworm (Bombyx mori) be used as a human disease model?” Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics Advance Publication doi: 10.5582/ddt.2016.01011.