School of Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences Queen's University
 

Kanji Nakatsu, PhD

Kanji NakatsuProfessor
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Queen's University
T 613 533 6107

E-mail: nakatsuk@queensu.ca

Training:

B.Sc. (University of Alberta)
M.Sc. (University of Alberta)
Ph.D. (University of British Columbia)

Research Interests:

Cardiovascular Pharmacology
My research interests lie in the pharmacology of carbon monoxide (CO) and heme oxygenase (HO) of the cardiovascular system, and how CO and inhibitors of HO can be developed for human use. This has evolved from earlier research on the pharmacology of organic nitrate vasodilators (nitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate) and nitric oxide (NO). Read more...