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개최일시 : 2019년 5월 22일 (수) 11:00 ~ 12:30

개최장소 : 제 4공학관 D603호

세미나 제목 : Toward Cancer Treatment Using Terahertz Radiation: Demethylation of Cancer DNA

내용 :

Carcinogenesis involves DNA methylation which is a primary alteration in DNA in the development of cancer occurring before genetic mutation. Because the abnormal DNA methylation is found in most of cancer cells, the detection and manipulation of DNA methylation using terahertz radiation can be a novel pioneering method in cancer study. The DNA methylation has been directly observed by terahertz spectroscopy at around 1.65 THz and this epigenetic chemical change could be manipulated to the state of demethylation using a high-power terahertz radiation. Demethylation of cancer DNA is a key issue in epigenetic cancer therapy and our results show a potential for terahertz radiation to be applicable to the treatment of cancer.

강연자 성함&직함 / 소속 : 손주혁 교수 / 서울시립대학교 물리학과

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