先端医療技術開発部は、ゲノム編集を介した小動物から中大動物、そして臨床画像まで、トランスレーショナルなイメージング研究により、創薬や新たな治療法の開発を推進するのが目標である。最先端の高分解能CTやMRIと共に、アイソトーププローブを用いた高感度の分子イメージング技術を組み合わせることで、病態を非侵襲的かつ多角的にモニターし、プリサイス・メディスン （精密医療）に役立てることを目指している。また国際研究ネットワークと国内外の研究機関等と連携して、最先端の医療技術の開発を推進している。

当部では、以下の研究課題を中心に研究開発を推進している。

• 生殖発生工学とゲノム編集技術を組み合わせた循環器疾患モデル動物作製法の開発。
• 非侵襲的心筋エネルギー代謝イメージングの開発
• 循環器疾患関連タンパク質の立体構造解析
• 血管における組織リモデリング機構の解明

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