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[S-33-2]Repurposing of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs; a potential panacea?
Yasuyoshi Kimura (Department of Neurology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
Dr. Yasuyoshi Kimura is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Osaka. He received his M.D. from the University of Osaka in 2008. He completed a residency in clinical neurology at the Higashiosaka City Medical Center and Osaka University Hospital. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree from the University of Osaka in 2016, he worked as an assistant professor there. From 2017 to 2019, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA. He became a specially appointed assistant professor (from 2020) and an assistant professor (from 2021) in the Department of Neurology, the University of Osaka. His current research interests include neurodegenerative disorders especially alpha-synucleinopathy and development of treatments.