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Greetings

Nice to meet you. My name is Exo Taro. As you may have already guessed, this is a pen name.

For the time being, I would like to share information under a pen name, because I cannot yet handle every possible problem that might arise under my own responsibility, and the possibility of causing trouble for the research institute and organization to which I belong cannot be ruled out. Once I have obtained a position in which I can take full responsibility myself, I intend to share information openly under my own name, so please understand.

I conduct research at the medical department of a university that is one of the Ivy League schools in the United States. In Japan I was also active as a physician, but at present my work centers on medical research. I am involved in both basic research and clinical research, and I am mainly developing novel therapies using stem cells. Let me briefly explain my background.

My Background

I would like to write it a bit like a hospital medical chart.

4○ years old, male, right-handed, fully independent in ADL, healthy since birth, no medication history, present illness: nothing noteworthy
allergy history: I don’t think there is any…

▼ History of Present Illness

I am a clinician/associate researcher engaged in research on stem cells and exosomes at a university belonging to the U.S. Ivy League and at a national/public university in Japan. My specialties are regenerative medicine (stem cell therapy, exosome therapy), stroke, lifestyle-related diseases, and preventive medicine. I am a clinician/associate researcher engaged in research on stem cells and exosomes at a university belonging to the U.S. Ivy League and at a national/public university in Japan. I currently live in the United States. Through everything from basic research to clinical trials, I am developing extracellular vesicle (exosome) and stem cell therapies, and I want to deliver evidence-based treatment to people in need. From preventive medicine to cutting-edge medicine, I strive to share evidence-based information. ＃エクソソーム, #健康, #健康寿命延伸, #再生医療, #幹細胞, #細胞外小胞, ＃抗加齢, #アンチエイジング, and the like are my main themes.

▼ Past History

Qualifications: Japanese physician / Doctor of Medicine, board-certified specialist in general internal medicine, certified physician of the Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine, passed the United States Medical Licensing Examination, etc. Awards: European Stroke Organisation Young Investigator Award, multiple domestic academic society awards.

Patents: stem cell-related

Career: After graduating from a national university, I built up experience at one of Japan’s leading emergency hospitals. Devoting myself entirely to clinical practice, I experienced a wide variety of cases. In the midst of this, my own mother developed terminal cancer. She passed away within a few months. I took caregiving leave and did what I could through home medical care, but I keenly felt my own powerlessness. Believing that groundbreaking treatment options were needed, in my eighth year as a physician I entered the world of basic research. Alongside basic research on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), I also engaged in a physician-initiated clinical trial using those cells. After obtaining my degree, I moved to the United States and engaged in research as a postdoctoral fellow at a university that is one of the Ivy League schools. From my fifth year I became an associate researcher. I am working on basic research into extracellular vesicles (exosomes).

▼ Life Goal

I conduct research to realize a society in which the number of bedridden people is reduced even by one, and in which as many people as possible can lead happy lives. I cannot forget the despair I felt when my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and I learned that there were no treatment options. I want to provide as many scientifically effective treatments as possible to patients who want to live and want to get better. Above all, I will work so that all people can receive treatment equally through medical insurance. In other words, I want to carefully carry out everything from basic medicine to clinical research, and deliver treatment based on scientific evidence to people around the world. I feel uneasy about limiting treatment only to a portion of those who have financial means. Of course, I do not deny it.
　There is one more thing I want to insist on: sharing information from Japan. As industrial structures change, I have no doubt that the cell therapy-related industry will be one of Japan’s strengths if Japan is to lead the world 10 to 30 years from now. Even though clinical trials may be conducted in the United States, while insisting on sharing information from Japan, I aim for an industry that leads the world to be born in cooperation with Japanese companies.

I am currently conducting basic research and clinical research on stem cells and the exosomes secreted by stem cells. My work currently centers on the United States. I would like to share, on an irregular basis, cutting-edge knowledge about cell therapy and exosome therapy, as well as knowledge about longevity and intractable neurological diseases. Please enjoy a creative world that AI cannot reach.

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