Plasma Medical Science

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Physical and chemical basis of non-thermal plasma 3. Plasma biological science in various species 4. Regulation of cell membrane transport by plasma 5. Reactive oxygen species in Plasma Medical Science (PAM and cancer therapy) 6. Application of plasma to humans (Blood coagulation and regenerative medicine) 7. Safety and standardization toward clinical applications 8. Future outlooks in plasma medical science

Authors

Shinya Toyokuni Professor, Department of Pathology and Biological Responses, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. Shinya Toyokuni obtained an MD from Kyoto University, Japan (1985), and a PhD in pathology from Kyoto University (1991). He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in CDRH, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD, USA during 1990-92. He was an instructor, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Biology of Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, and since 2008 is Professor in the Department of Pathology and Biological Responses, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine. Yuzuru Ikehara Director, Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan. Fumitaka Kikkawa Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. Masaru Hori Professor, Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Japan.