One of the biggest challenges of drug discovery, in addition to it costing billions of dollars, is that it can take a 10-15-year long process and often times the drug will fail in clinical trials. And even if a drug passes, every individual may experience different side effects or it may have a negative interaction with another medication the person is taking for another ailment. Our research aims to create technology platforms that will create safer, quicker, and more effective methods for drug discovery. Developing personalized physiological models to more accurately predict human tissue interaction with drug toxicity. Using our organs-on-a-chip technology to better replicate the environment of the human body to reduce animal experiments.
We Aim Big & Make an Impact!
The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation envisions a world where patient care will be customized to each individual.
We value collaboration and have brought together top researchers from different fields – from medicine to life sciences to engineering – to focus on unsolved medical problems.
Imagine… you can work with your doctor on a personalized action plan to address your unique health needs and know which drugs will provide a cure for you with minimal side effects.
Imagine… you need surgery and learn that your recovery time will be only a few days as opposed to a few weeks allowing you to get back to work and your daily activities sooner.
Imagine… you sustain a chronic wound and your doctor is able to detect infection early on and provide delivery of drugs to eliminate the infection thus avoiding further complications to your healing process.
Our Work
Our Legacy
As part of the Terasaki Institute’s growth plan, we are expanding infrastructure, growing our research team, and increasing our footprint within the biomedical field.
We are building upon the work of Dr. Paul I. Terasaki to enhance and create new opportunities for innovation with philanthropic support.