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Toward a sustainable society in which people live a long life with health and vigor
It is necessary to build a healthy longevity society where people can live their lives in a state of well-being and security, as well as a sustainable society with less burden on the environment. We are contributing to life innovation by developing new technologies to evaluate health and assisting in the creation of new medicines as well as in the maintenance, improvement, and recovery of health according to the individual’s condition. We are also contributing to green innovation by developing technologies to reduce environmental loads using bioprocesses.
Vice-President
Vice-President
Director General

 Noboru Yumoto		   Deputy Director General
Deputy Director General

Masanao Oda
   Director, Research Planning Office
Director, Research Planning Office

Tomohiro Tamura
TEL:029-862-6032
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Development of technologies to create advanced and comprehensive drugs and medical technologies to protect health

In order to solve issues such as disease prevention, early treatment, and personalized medicine, we are developing regenerative-medicine technologies and advanced healthcare support technologies using cell-manipulation and biomaterial technologies, and an infrastructure for the development of medical equipment. For disease prevention and early diagnosis, we are developing technologies to characterize and analyze the functions of biomolecules. We are also developing high-efficiency drug discovery techniques to cut development costs without compromising safety through the amalgamation of information processing and bioanalysis.
Evaluation of liver fibrosis stage of chronic hepatitis patients using glycobiomarker figre
Evaluation of liver fibrosis stage of chronic hepatitis patients using glycobiomarker

Development of technologies to achieve healthy life

In order to ensure a healthy life both mentally and physically, it is important to solve the issues of elderly care and maintenance and improvement of health, as well as mental issues associated with social anxiety. We are developing technologies to quantitatively evaluate mental and physical conditions, including stress, and to restore, maintain, and improve health through personalized medication and rehabilitation, with a view to developing technologies to facilitate healthy living.
Development of an objective examination for olfactory malfunction using magnetic fields of the brain for objective olfactory diagnosis figre
Development of an objective examination for olfactory malfunction using magnetic fields of the brain for objective olfactory diagnosis

Development of technologies to efficiently manufacture high-quality substances using bioprocesses that help to reduce industrial environmental loads

With a view to extending the range of application of bioprocesses (material production using microbes and enzymes) that provide much higher reaction selectivity than chemical processes and allow efficient production of high-value-added compounds, we are searching for microbial resources and useful genes and characterizing their functions. We are also developing high-efficiency biomanufacturing technologies, including technologies to improve the functions of biopolymers and improve and design bioprocesses, technologies to produce transgenic modified plants, and technologies to bring a closed system for transgenic plant production into practical use.

Activation of vitamin D by actinomycete and pharmacological effect of hydroxylated vitamin D figre
Activation of vitamin D by actinomycete and pharmacological effect of hydroxylated vitamin D
Closed-type transgenic plant production system for production of plant-made pharmaceuticals figre
Closed-type transgenic plant production system for production of plant-made pharmaceuticals