Abstract: The present invention relates to the dose adjustment device mountable to diagnostic radiation equipment and the dose adjustment system which allows radiation exposure in each portion of in the irradiation area to be prevented, and are configured as modules that are attachable to diagnostic radiation equipment, thus having the effect of allowing a radiation shielding function to be easily added to existing equipment without changing the structure thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray irradiator for single blood bags, comprising: an X-ray irradiator main body provided with a chamber configured to safely hold a single blood bag therein and an X-ray tube configured to irradiate the chamber with X-rays; a loading part configured to load the blood bag; and a transfer part configured to transfer the blood bag between the loading part and the chamber to which X-rays are to be emitted. The X-ray irradiator for single blood bags according to the present invention can treat a single blood bag with X-rays, such that treatment optimized for a small amount of a blood bag can be performed, and a system configuration can be simplified by using an X-ray tube.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring the distribution of radiation dose emitted from a brachytherapy insertion tool, the apparatus including a housing having defined therein a measurement space in which the brachytherapy insertion tool is located, a fluorescent member disposed at the housing, the fluorescent member being configured to react with radiation emitted to the measurement space and to emit light, a camera disposed in the housing, and a cover coupled to one surface of the housing, the cover being configured to cover the fluorescent member. The portion of the fluorescent member to which radiation from a radiation source of the brachytherapy insertion tool is applied reacts with the radiation and generates light, brightness of the light varies depending on distribution of the radiation, and the position at which the light is bright is calculated to measure the direction in which the brachytherapy insertion tool has no shielding.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for enhancing tumor penetration of an anticancer drug, comprising losartan as an active ingredient, and a use thereof, wherein in the composition, losartan decomposes collagen and hyaluronic acid, which are main components of the extracellular matrix, to enhance the penetration of various anticancer drugs, including an antibody for cancer treatment, into the center of a tumor and uniformly distribute the various anticancer drugs, thereby improving a cancer treatment effect of an anticancer drug.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of brain diseases caused by microplastic exposure and a use thereof, wherein it was confirmed that polyethylene microspheres (PS) in a mouse animal model orally administered with the PS penetrate brain tissue to change the level of gene expression inside the brain tissue, thereby causing brain diseases, and thus the present invention is intended to provide: a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of brain diseases caused by microplastic exposure, the biomarker composition using a gene in which the expression level in an individual suspected of exposure to PS is identified; and a method for predicting the prognosis of brain diseases using the biomarker composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a device, and a program for calculating a brachytherapy plan, and a brachytherapy apparatus. The method comprises: a step in which a computer obtains the number of radiation irradiation spots on the basis of radiation irradiation information (a radiation irradiation spot number obtaining step (S200)); a step in which the computer obtains target area information from a body model of a patient generated on the basis of medical image data of the patient (a target area information obtaining step (S400)); and a therapy plan calculating step (S600) in which the computer calculates, on the basis of the radiation irradiation information and the target area information, the radiation irradiation spots to which radiation is irradiated and the time length of irradiation to each radiation irradiation spot.

Abstract: A radiotherapy apparatus for an animal comprises a treatment part including an accommodation space for placing an animal, an irradiation part including an electron generator and a linear accelerator coupled to one side of the electron generator and disposed in a direction perpendicular to the treatment part, the linear accelerator being configured to emit radiation toward the treatment part, and an image acquisition part located at a preset interval from the treatment part along an irradiation direction of the radiation and configured to obtain an image of an irradiation area when the radiation is applied, wherein the radiation has an output of 1 MeV to 2 MeV so as to be applied to a diseased part located within a predetermined distance range from epidermis of the animal.

Abstract: A radiotherapy apparatus for an animal comprises a treatment part including an accommodation space for placing an animal, an irradiation part including an electron generator and a linear accelerator coupled to one side of the electron generator and disposed in a direction perpendicular to the treatment part, the linear accelerator being configured to emit radiation toward the treatment part, and an image acquisition part located at a preset interval from the treatment part along an irradiation direction of the radiation and configured to obtain an image of an irradiation area when the radiation is applied, wherein the radiation has an output of 1 MeV to 2 MeV so as to be applied to a diseased part located within a predetermined distance range from epidermis of the animal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of brain disease caused by microplastic exposure; and a use thereof. More particularly, it was confirmed that polyethylene microspheres (PS) in a mouse animal model orally administered with the PS penetrate brain tissue to change the level of metabolites inside the brain tissue and the diversity of intestinal microorganisms, thereby causing brain disease, and thus the present invention is intended to provide a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of brain disease caused by microplastic exposure, and a method for predicting the prognosis of brain disease using same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating cancer, containing a novel trifluoromethyl phenyl pyrazole derivative as an active ingredient, and, more specifically, to a composition for preventing, alleviating or treating cancer and a radiosensitizer composition for treating cancer with radiotherapy, which contain, as an active ingredient, a novel sulfonamide derivative including N,N-dimethyl-N?-(3-(1-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)phenyl)azanesulfonamide. Novel sulfonamide derivatives according to the present invention have an excellent apoptotic effect on cancer cells, and thus are usable as an effective anti-cancer agent, and reduce the radioresistance of cancer cells, and thus can be used as a radiosensitizer composition during cancer treatment.

Abstract: The disclosure provide an apparatus for producing a nuclide by using a liquid target which can perform the nuclear reaction process and can discharge the radioactive gas such as Radon within the vial. As described above, an apparatus for producing a nuclide by using a liquid target according to the present disclosure can minimize quantitative loss of a reactant by performing the nuclear reaction process using a target of a liquefied state and reusing a liquefied target on which the nuclear reaction process has not been performed, and can improve safety by enabling the radioactive gas generated to be disposed.

Abstract: A method of producing actinium by using liquefied radium includes producing Ac-225 using Ra-226 of a liquefied state, moving the produced Ac-225 in a liquefied state after Ac-225 is produced, and separating Ac-225 and reusing Ra-226. As a result, a nuclear reaction process of Ac-225 may be performed and loss of Ra-226 may be minimized. Further, such a method may improve safety by including a radon collection unit which is capable of discharging and isolating radon produced from Ra-226, thereby preventing radiation exposure due to radon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant herpes simplex virus (HSV) containing an expression cassette capable of expressing a fused protein of a cancer-cell-targeting domain and an extracellular domain of HVEM and the use thereof. When the recombinant HSV infects and enters target cells, which are cancer cells, HSV proliferates, and an adapter, which is the fused protein, is expressed in the cells and is released to the outside of the cells along with the proliferated HSV virion upon cell lysis, or is released even before the virion is released due to cell lysis when the adapter contains a leader sequence, and the fused protein released to the outside of the cells acts to induce the HSV virion to infect surrounding cancer cells expressing a target molecule recognized by the cancer-cell-targeting domain or to increase the infection efficiency thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer, a radiosensitizer composition for treating cancer, and a health functional food for preventing or improving cancer, which comprise N-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-3-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl) benzamide, a derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition comprising N-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-3-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl) benzamide or a derivative thereof as an active ingredient according to the present invention arrests the mitosis of cancer cells to prevent proliferation and at the same time, to exhibit low toxicity in normal cell lines and induce apoptosis only in cancer cell lines, so it can be used as an effective anticancer agent. In addition, the N-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-3-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl) benzamide of the present invention can increase the sensitivity of the treated cancer cells to radiation, so it can be used as a radiosensitizer composition for cancer treatment.

Abstract: Melanophilin (MLPH) of the present invention is involved in differentiation into an adipocyte or fat accumulation, and accordingly, obesity can be treated or prevented by inhibiting the MLPH. Further, by measuring an expression level of the MLPH, obesity can be diagnosed and treated, and therapeutic agents for obesity and agents regulating differentiation into adipocytes can be screened.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of cancer malignancy induced by exposure to microplastics and use thereof, and more particularly, it was confirmed that the expression level of CD44, E-cadherin, N-cadherin, PD-L1, NPAS2, NR1D1, DNMT1, SLC7A2, PCDH7 and CLDN7 was changed in cancer cell lines and animal models treated with polystyrene microspheres which are the one type of microplastic for 4 weeks, and malignancy was induced due to an increase in proliferation, migration and invasion of cancer cells by the change in the expression level of the gene, and 5-year overall survival rates in gastric cancer patients decreased and thus the genes may be provided as a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of cancer malignancies by exposure to microplastics.

Abstract: According to the present invention, disclosed is a radiotherapy apparatus for an animal, comprising: a treatment part including an accommodation space for placing an animal thereon; an irradiation part including an electron generator and a linear accelerator coupled to one side of the electron generator and placed in a direction perpendicular to the treatment part for emitting radiation toward the treatment part; and an image acquisition part, positioned at a predetermined interval with the treatment part along the direction of the emitting of radiation, for acquiring an image of an irradiation area when radiation is emitted, wherein an output of radiation is between 1 and 2 MeV so that radiation is emitted to an affected area positioned within a predetermined distance from the epidermis of the animal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for enhancing radiation sensitivity comprising aripiprazole as an active ingredient, and more specifically, to a composition for enhancing radiation sensitivity capable of treating cancer by acting as a radiation sensitizer when aripiprazole is combined with radiation. By administering an effective amount of aripiprazole according to the present invention in combination with radiation irradiation, it has excellent radiation sensitivity enhancing effects such as reducing cancer cell viability and inducing cancer cell death, so it can be usefully used as a radiation sensitivity enhancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a body insertable device having an outer body being bent; and an inner body positioned inside the outer body, having an accommodation space in which the resource soured is accommodated, and being capable of rotating inside the outer body, wherein a radiation emission direction is continuously adjusted by rotation of the inner body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a device, and a program for calculating a brachytherapy plan, and a brachytherapy apparatus. The method comprises: a step in which a computer obtains the number of radiation irradiation spots on the basis of radiation irradiation information (a radiation irradiation spot number obtaining step (S200)); a step in which the computer obtains target area information from a body model of a patient generated on the basis of medical image data of the patient (a target area information obtaining step (S400)); and a therapy plan calculating step (S600) in which the computer calculates, on the basis of the radiation irradiation information and the target area information, the radiation irradiation spots to which radiation is irradiated and the time length of irradiation to each radiation irradiation spot.