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Cabral Lab
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The lab delivers drugs to targeted sites in the body using polymer nanoparticles.
AboutAbout the lab
Delivering drugs to targeted sites in the body
The Cabral Lab studies nanomedicines used for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
By accurately recognizing targets in the body and triggering a drug's action only at a defined site, the lab controls drug behavior down to the intracellular level.
The lab investigates how to design effective nanomedicines and how they interact with the body, aiming to bring them to the treatment of patients.
Using tiny polymer-based carriers, the lab works on methods for delivering mRNA and on cancer immunotherapy.
Key terms
- Nanomedicine
- A medicine in which a drug is loaded into particles too small to see, delivered to the place in the body where it is needed, and made to act there
- mRNA
- A molecule that carries the blueprint for making proteins inside cells. It is also used in drugs such as vaccines
- Cancer immunotherapy
- A treatment that strengthens the body's own immune system so that it attacks cancer
NewsLab news
A doctoral student won a poster presentation award at the Nanomachine Symposium
Paper published on glycolipid liposomes that activate immunity against breast cancer
A postdoctoral researcher won a presentation award at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Drug Delivery System
Paper published showing that blood vessels in the bone marrow let nanomedicines pass more easily depending on their size
ResearchResearch themes
The lab develops nanomedicines for diagnosis and therapy that accurately recognize targets in the body and trigger a drug's action at a defined site. Its main interests are the design of nanomedicines and their interactions with the body's tissues, and its research is conducted with applications in humans in mind.
*Illustrative imagePolymer Carriers for Delivering mRNA
Using polymer-based nanocarriers, the lab delivers mRNA stably and accurately to a variety of tissues. This research aims to lead to mRNA therapeutics such as viral and cancer vaccines and cancer immunotherapy.
*Illustrative imageNanomedicines for Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer immunotherapy still faces challenges in efficacy and safety. The lab studies how to use polymer carriers to accurately deliver immunotherapeutic agents, such as cytokines, antibodies, and nucleic acids, to tumors.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Cabral Lab consist of faculty, a secretary, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and visiting researchers.As of 2026
- ProfessorHoracio CabralPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “SEM Lymphocyte” Unknown photographer/artist
（擬似カラー加工：DO11.10） / Public domain (cropped) - Polymer Carriers for Delivering mRNA: “Vaccines-09-00065-g001” Michael D. Buschmann, Manuel J. Carrasco, Suman Alishetty, Mikell Paige, Mohamad G. Alameh, and Drew Weissman / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Nanomedicines for Cancer Immunotherapy: “Killer T cells surround a cancer cell” The National Institutes of Health / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Miyata Lab): “Nanoparticles in Brain Metastases ( )” NIH Image Gallery from Bethesda, Maryland, USA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Katashima-Chung Lab): “Superabsorber Hydrogel KSG 2917 pK” Petra Klawikowski / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Ejima Lab): “Water droplets in a lotus leaf” Aathavan jaffna / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Takai Lab): “Microfluidic chip for point-of-care medical devices” FMNLab / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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