Itabashi CampusSenior Assistant Professor Kusakabe received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Dermatology Association

Yoshio Kusakabe and his research group at Teikyo University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Medical Pharmacy Senior Assistant Professor received the Best Presentation Award at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Dermatology Society held at the Kyoto International Conference Center from June 6 (Thu) to 9 (Sun), 2024. This annual meeting has been held since 1901, and the theme of this year's meeting was "Mysteries of Skin." The research group of Senior Assistant Professor Kusakabe presented a paper entitled "Development of New Drugs for SJS/TEN by Inhibition of Apoptosis, Necroptosis, and Pyrotosis" on a new treatment for severe forms of drug eruptions. The presentation was titled "Development of Novel Drugs for Severe Drug Eruption by Inhibition of Apoptosis, Necroptosis and Pyrotosis.

Drug rash is a skin disease caused by taking medicine or its metabolites. Generally, red spots (erythema) and small bumps (papules) appear all over the body, but in severe cases, it can cause not only skin symptoms but also breathing difficulties and impaired liver and kidney function, and in the worst case, it can become a life-threatening severe drug rash. In other words, severe drug rash is a very dangerous disease because, for example, simply taking a painkiller can lead to a life-threatening condition. Current treatments for severe drug rash are mainly symptomatic treatments, aiming to alleviate symptoms, but these treatments come with various risks of side effects. Senior Assistant Professor Kusakabe and his team's research was highly praised for discovering a promising new drug as a treatment, and for its great usefulness in future treatments, at a time when the development of a new treatment for severe drug rash is urgently needed, leading to the award. Upon receiving the award, Senior Assistant Professor Kusakabe commented, "I am extremely honored to receive the Excellent Presentation Award at the 123rd Japan Dermatology conference, which has a long history and over 8,000 participants. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those who supported my research. I will continue to work hard to contribute to the development of Dermatology." We look forward to seeing even greater success from Senior Assistant Professor Kusakabe in the future.

Co-presenters

Takahiro Tsurugi (Hokkaido University, Graduate School Research and Education Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Eito Hasegawa, Natsumi Hama, Riichiro Abe (Niigata University Graduate School Dermatology)
Hideaki Watanabe (Showa University Yokohama Hokubu Hospital Dermatology)

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