Chiral medicine
About chiral medicine
Chirality is a feature of the substances that cannot be superimposed otherwise reflected in the mirror, like our left and right hand. Each amino acid has its mirror-imaged L- and D-form enantiomers. The text book says that only L-amino acids are exclusively present in our body.
Recently, we have detected D-amino acids in human bodies and identified them as the key biomarkers and therapeutics for the several diseases. The disease context is spreading day by day, from the kidney diseases to the life style-related diseases, viral infections, as well as rare diseases.
We are now implementing our research achievement to the clinics, while integrating and developing cutting-edge technologies.
Achievement
Therapeutics for the kidney diseases
Diagnosis for the kidney diseases
Solving the problems with viral infections
Solutions for the rare diseases
Contact
Tomonori Kimura
Department of Nephrology, Osaka University
E-mail: t-kimura※kid.med.osaka-u.ac.jp (Reeplace ※ with @.)