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Immune Cell Medicine Lab
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The lab develops ways to cure cancer by manipulating how the immune system works.
AboutAbout the lab
Curing cancer by manipulating the immune system.
The Immune Cell Medicine Lab views cancer as a disease caused by a breakdown of the immune system, and studies therapies that manipulate immunity.
The lab's core work is immunotherapy using NKT cells, which has been developed at Chiba University.
The work has moved from basic research to clinical research, and the therapy is now being developed under the Category 3 Advanced Medical Care framework set by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The lab aims to establish a method of analyzing clinical research results through basic research and reflecting them in the therapies under development.
Key terms
- NKT cells
- A rare type of immune cell in the body that triggers the surrounding immune cells to act
- Immune system
- The mechanism in which immune cells and antibodies work together to protect the body from bacteria, viruses, cancer cells, and other threats
- Advanced medical care
- A system for providing treatments not yet approved for insurance coverage, under a framework set by the national government
NewsLab news
A paper on psychological stress and hepatocellular carcinoma was published in Cancer Science
Results on immune cell therapy for head and neck cancer were published in Nature Communications
The lab received the Outstanding Presentation Award at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine
ResearchResearch themes
Aiming to cure cancer by manipulating how the immune system works, the lab is developing immunotherapy using NKT cells. It analyzes clinical research results through basic research, working to develop more effective treatments sooner.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Immune Cell Medicine Lab are faculty, project researchers, collaborative researchers, international researchers, graduate students, and technical assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorShinichiro Motohashi
- Assistant ProfessorMariko Takami
- Assistant ProfessorTakahiro Aoki
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- Top image: “Лаборант готовит индивидуальный иммунологический препарат против рака из крови пациента” Иоанна Чернова / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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