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A Kyoto University research team will begin a clinical test this week using induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease, in what will be the world’s first application of iPS technology to the progressive neurological disorder.
Kyoto University reprograms stem cells to fight Parkinson's in monkeys, a breakthrough for therapy
Japanese researchers successfully engineered cells to relieve Parkinson’s symptoms in clinical trials, taking a step closer to a potential cure.
U.S. approves breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia
Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy childhood leukemia. The Food and Drug Administration called the approval historic — the ...
30% of Japanese may reject transplants of iPS cells derived from others: study
Some 30 percent of Japanese may experience rejection after receiving transplants of cells developed from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from someone other than the patient, a Japanese research team has found. The team, including Hiroshi Kawamoto, professor at Kyoto University's Institute for Frontier ...
Fertile offspring produced from sterile mice using iPS cells
A team of Japanese and British scientists has succeeded in producing fertile offspring from sterile mice made with a chromosomal abnormality by using induced pluripotent stem cells, better known as iPS cells, Kyoto University said Friday. The researchers, including professor Michinori Saito of Kyoto University, ...
World's first method for mass-producing platelets from iPS cells unveiled by Kyoto startup
A Kyoto startup unveils a way to mass-produce platelets, a key component in clotting, that could reduce doctors’ dependency on donated blood to minimize bleeding.
First-ever trial of drug using iPS cells to begin at Kyoto University
Kyoto University researchers are set to begin the world's first clinical trial of a drug identified using iPS cells to treat a rare bone disease, the university said Tuesday. A team led by Junya Toguchida, a professor at the university, used induced pluripotent stem cells ...
Transplants using iPS cells put Riken specialist at forefront of regenerative medicine research
When she entered medicine in the mid-1980s, Masayo Takahashi chose ophthalmology as her specialty, she said, because she wanted to have a family and thought the discipline would spare her from sudden work calls in the middle of the night, helping her best balance ...
Todai-led team creates mouse pancreas in rat in treatment breakthrough
A team led by University of Tokyo researchers has successfully created a healthy pancreas from mouse stem cells inside the body of a rat, in a first between different species, a study published in the British science journal Nature showed. The pancreas, later transplanted into ...
Japan team seeks to transplant retinal iPS cell grown from another person's stem cells
A Japanese research team has applied for state approval to conduct the world's first clinical study of transplanting retinal cells grown from artificially derived stem cells of another person, the health ministry said Thursday. The aim of the procedure using the so-called induced pluripotent stem ...
Japanese team produces massive number of eggs from mouse iPS cells
A team of researchers has achieved a world's first by using induced pluripotent stem cells from a mouse tail to produce a large number of eggs in vitro.
Kyoto University team produces quality stem cells from umbilical blood
A research institute produces stem cells for stockpiled use in regenerative medicine from the umbilical blood of a newborn.
