Research
Research Groups and Topics
1．DDS Functional Materials Discovery Group
| Daisuke IOHARA | Improving the properties and functionality of drugs, carbon materials, and polymeric thickeners utilizing cyclodextrins |
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| Tsuyoshi IKEDA | Discovery of natural products that inhibit formation of advanced glycation end-products |
| Shuhei IMOTO | Synthesis of nucleosides and nucleotides for hepatitis B medications Invention of novel anticancer drugs that respond to the low pH environment inside tumor cells |
| Fumitoshi HIRAYAMA | Medical applications of cyclodextrin, cyclic oligosaccharides |
| Keishi YAMASAKI | Analysis of the structure and function of serum proteins and their medical applications |
| Koki YAMAGUCHI | Molecular design using pericyclic cascade reactions |
| Kenji TSUKIGAWA | Design and assessment of DDS-based anticancer drug |
2．DDS Design & Assessment Group
| Takatoshi OHKURI | Stabilization and blood half-life extension of antibody drug Fab fragments |
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| Masaki OTAGIRI | Potential Utility of Albumin as Nanomedicine Carrier |
| Akihiko KUNIYASU | Molecular imaging and targeting via specific ligands |
| Kazumi SHIMONO | Pharmacokinetic control using drug transporters |
| Shinji TAKECHI | Understanding the mechanisms of glycation products in diabetic complications |
| Mamoru HARATAKE | Creation of nanovesicle glutathione peroxidase-like enzyme function in treating cancer |
| Koji NISHI | Development of pancreatic cancer therapeutics using serum proteins as carriers |
3．Alternative Medicine Materials Development & Assessment Group
| Makoto ANRAKU | Design and assessment of medical materials utilizing functional polysaccharides |
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| Yuji UCHIDA | Understanding natural immune regulatory mechanisms of SLRP family molecules |
| Daisuke KADOWAKI | Applications for renal disease patients based on analysis of antioxidant action of medicine |
| Kazumi YOKOMIZO | Development of treatment drugs for herpes diseases |
