R&D Project

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Goal 1 R&D ProjectsCreating A Society Whose Citizen’s Health is Monitored by Remote Control of Intracellular Cybernetic Avatars

Project manager (PM)YAMANISHI YokoProfessor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University

Summary of the project

Intracellular Cybernetic Avatars (hereinafter referred to as intracellular CAs) technology will allow individuals to improve the state of their bodies by external remote control of intracellular avatars constructed of nanometer-scale artificial and natural biomolecules. Remote control of the avatars can keep people’s bodies in good condition at a cellular level using micrometer-scale cell-cell interactions.

Milestone by year 2030

People who need to know the state of their body can receive appropriate support from doctors and specialists. This technology should allow doctors to monitor people’s health and provide treatment more quickly and effectively than current methods. By enabling remote control of the intracellular CAs, we will modify the target cell removal system which can be controlled by the cells themselves into a system that doctors and other specialists can control to perform examinations.

Milestone by year 2025

Using intracellular CA in a simulated in vivo environment, we will remotely control processes that identify the malignant cells or pathogens, and if necessary, remove them.
It will then be possible to keep the body in good condition anytime and anywhere. The Intracellular CA’s ability to enhance the innate immune system will be tested simulated in vivo conditions to identify possible adverse reactions.

Outline of R&D

Performers

Theme [1][3] YAMANISHI Yoko Kyushu University
Theme [1] HIJIKATA Atsushi Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Theme [2] YOKOMORI Maasa The University of Tokyo
Theme [2] DODO Kosuke RIKEN
Theme [2] SUGANO Shigeo National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Theme [2] SHOJI Kan Nagaoka University of Technology
Theme [3] KIMURA Niko Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Theme [3] TSUBOUCHI Tomomi Shizuoka University
Theme [4][6] SAKUMA Shinya Kyushu University
Theme [4] SHIRASAKI Yoshitaka The University of Tokyo
Theme [4] KAMATANI Takashi Institute of Science Tokyo
Theme [4] KATSUDA Yousuke Kumamoto University
Theme [5] TOTTORI Naotomo Kyushu University
Theme [5] TAKAHASHI Akiko Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
Theme [5] YOTSUMOTO Satoshi Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Theme [6] HAYAKAWA Takeshi Chuo University

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