Application of Infrared-Free Electron Laser for Amyloidosis Therapy
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Kawasaki, Takayasu; Zen, Heishun; Irizawa, Akinori; Tsukiyama, Koichi; Nakamura, Kazuhiro
- Source
- 2019 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2019 44th International Conference on. :1-2 Sep, 2019
- Subject
- Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Radiation effects
Diseases
Microscopy
Free electron lasers
Laser modes
Laser tuning
Medical treatment
- Language
- ISSN
- 2162-2035
Infrared free electron laser (IR-FEL) enables us to investigate novel laser-driven phenomena in various research fields, due to its high photon density in a picosecond time scale as well as wide wavelength tunability in the infrared region. As an application of IR-FEL to biomedical field, we show here efficient dissociation of amyloid fibrils that are cause of serious amyloidosis by using the FEL tuned to amide band.