「光をくすりに」がん治療から感染症予防まで！岡山大学 須藤雄気教授【いまからサイエンス】

▼Watch the full program (43 minutes) here▼ https://txbiz.tv-tokyo.co.jp/science/... ▼Aiming to cure cancer with an oral medication... The cutting edge of new drug development! [Breakthrough]▼ https://txbiz.tv-tokyo.co.jp/breakthr... ▼Register for a "TV Tokyo BIZ" membership here▼ https://txbiz.tv-tokyo.co.jp/lp/?utm_... "Now, Science" Airs every Wednesday at 10 PM on BS TV Tokyo! Controlling cells with light, delivering drugs to affected areas, and killing cancer cells? The key is a protein called "rhodopsin"!? A Japanese researcher, whose "light-based medicine" research is currently garnering worldwide attention, appears. The dazzling light pouring down from the sun. Could this be turned into a medicine? Our guest this time, Professor Yuki Sudo of Okayama University, has pioneered this fantastical research. According to the professor, light can be used to kill cancer cells, deliver medicine to affected areas without side effects, and even prevent infectious diseases! The key is a light-sensitive protein called rhodopsin. By skillfully controlling this, it's possible to turn light into medicine! Even Koji Kato is excited about this new pharmaceutical concept! Initially, no one understood the idea of ​​"turning light into medicine." However, Professor Sudo, believing that "unconventional" ideas have value, first discovered various rhodopsins from organisms living in extreme environments, such as bacteria in factory wastewater and microorganisms in salt lakes. He developed methods to control and manipulate them, and they are now attracting a great deal of attention. In addition to medical applications, he envisions a variety of potential applications, such as promoting algae growth and increasing biomass production. We'll be discussing the spectacular future of light and rhodopsin! Cast: Koji Kato Eika Furuhata (TV Tokyo Announcer) Yuki Sudo (Professor, Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University) Narrator: Toru Wakasugi #CancerTreatment #Rhodopsin #VisibleLight #KojiKato #ScienceNow #TVTokyo #TVTokyoBIZ