Biochemical Engineering Contributing to Healthy Longevity Society

Masaru Tanaka
Professor
Biochemical Engineering Major
Graduate School of Science and Engineering

▲Stent, an advanced medical product embedded into the body for treatment

In the age of super-graying society, Japan needs to develop products to support cutting-edge medicine for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in its effort to build the world's top healthy longevity society. Medical products are made from various materials, and materials with less foreign body reaction are necessary for the surface that comes into contact with the human body.

▲Artificial blood vessel, an advanced medical product embedded into the body for treatment

Designing and Synthesis of New Medical Material

We have synthesized a new safe material that does not coagulate the blood upon contact. This resulted in the development of a medical product that commands the top share of the world market.

▲3-D microscope for high-sensitivity observation of the cell-material adhesion interface

Study of Fundamentals of Bio-Interface Phenomena

We are manufacturing a system that allows direct observation of the contact surface of cells and materials. We are trying to make design guidelines for new medical materials by understanding the mechanism of cell adhesion.

▲Globally active laboratory members

Cancer Diagnoses and Development of Regenerative Medicine Technology

We are developing technology for early diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the No. 1 cause of death. We have synthesized a material that can control the adhesion of cancer cells with normal cells and stem cells without the use of anticancer drugs. We are now making productization effort with a business.