Chonnam National University Opens Treatment Path by Applying Like Acute Gout Patch

Kim Hanseong, Integrated MS-PhD Student in Chemical Engineering, Awarded Best Paper Award by the Korean Society of Industrial Engineering

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] A graduate student at Chonnam National University has opened the way to treat acute gout by applying it to the skin like a patch.

Chonnam National University announced on the 7th that Hanseong Kim, a master's and doctoral integrated course student (Department of Life and Chemical Engineering), won the Best Paper Award at the '2021 Korean Society of Industrial Chemistry Spring General Meeting and Academic Conference' held at BEXCO, Busan, from the 12th to 14th of last month.

In his paper, Kim proposed a 'functional bio-material' that improves drug permeation through the skin by using melanin, a biomaterial with photothermal conversion properties, to solve the problems of existing transdermal drug delivery and apply it to acute gout treatment.

Through the study, excellent photothermal effects of the bio-material were confirmed by near-infrared laser irradiation, and an increased drug release rate due to the photothermal effect was verified in drug release tests using artificial skin (in vitro).

Additionally, research capabilities were recognized by obtaining excellent xanthine oxidase inhibition effects through experiments using the xanthine oxidase enzyme and colorimetric sensing analysis.

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