Technology to Manipulate Cellular Functions Using a Nano-heater : Cellular Thermodynamics Engineering
2018-0927-01
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about researcher ARAI, Satoshi Junior Researcher (retired)
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Faculty of Science and Engineering Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering
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background
● Taking look into a single cell at the microscopic level, we realize that the temperature is a most fundamental factor that affects all cellular activities. If we achieve to heat up intracellular targeted areas or molecules, we would obtain a tool to manipulate cellular functions based on thermodynamic law, named Cellular Thermodynamics Engineering.
summary
● We proposed the method that allows quantitative heating at the nanoscale in live cells with monitoring the temperature change on the heat spot (Nano Heater).
predominance
● Allows tuning of cellular functions as we want while previous ones only does on/off switching.
● Applicable for wide-ranging species such as animals and plants by its virtue of the principle based on universal thermodynamic law
● NOT requires genetic engineering technique.
● Applicable for wide-ranging species such as animals and plants by its virtue of the principle based on universal thermodynamic law
● NOT requires genetic engineering technique.
application/development
● Next generation heat therapy at the cellular level (not only cancer therapy, but the other diseases related to muscle and neuron dysfunctions.
● Modification of cellular functions to improve Bioengineering process (for example, factory).
● Element technology for single-cell analysis (healthcare, diagnosis) .
posted:
2018/09/27