The Usefulness of Silkworms as a Model Animal for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Medicine and Food

Abstract

　Development of novel medicines is an important responsibility of researchers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. However, the discovery of new therapeutically effective without side effects is not an easy job. I think the limiting step of drug discovery is the process of evaluating the therapeutic effects of candidate drugs. To overcome this problem, I would like to propose a novel approach, “drug discovery with silkworms”.