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Drug Discovery and Infection Control Lab (Japan Institute for Health Security, JIHS)
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A lab that aims to control viral infectious diseases by exploring how viruses infect and searching for drug discovery targets.
AboutAbout the lab
Aiming to control viral infectious diseases.
The Drug Discovery and Infection Control Lab works toward controlling viral infectious diseases by clarifying how viruses infect and multiply, and by searching for molecules and mechanisms that can serve as drug discovery targets.
The viruses studied center on human oncogenic viruses that cause chronic infection, and also include arthropod-borne viruses and zoonotic viruses with a risk of global pandemic, as well as highly pathogenic hemorrhagic fever viruses.
According to the lab's introduction, as a core institution for infectious disease drug discovery in Japan, it also aims to create infectious disease control methods that solve social issues, through joint research with institutes, universities, and companies.
The lab is located at the Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS), and at the University of Tsukuba it is a partner graduate school lab of the Medical Sciences Degree Program in the Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences.
Key terms
- Drug discovery target
- The molecule or mechanism on which a drug acts. It is what researchers aim at when developing a drug for an infectious disease.
- Human oncogenic virus
- A virus involved in human tumors. This lab mainly deals with those that cause chronic infection.
- Arthropod-borne
- A characteristic of infectious diseases that are carried by arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks and transmitted to humans.
ResearchResearch themes
Aiming to control viral infectious diseases, the lab works on clarifying the mechanisms of viral infection and replication, searching for molecules and mechanisms that can serve as drug discovery targets, and applying them to the development of drug seeds. The viruses targeted in infectious disease drug discovery center on human oncogenic viruses that cause chronic infection, and also include arthropod-borne viruses, zoonotic viruses, and highly pathogenic hemorrhagic fever viruses with a risk of global pandemic.
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- Academic AdvisorKoichi Watashi
- ProfessorAtsushi Kawaguchi
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