In U.S. first, baby is born from dead donor's transplanted womb
The Cleveland Clinic says it has delivered the first baby in North America after a womb transplant from a dead donor. Uterine transplants have enabled more than a dozen women to give birth, usually with wombs donated from a living donor, such as a friend ...
Stevie Wonder tells London concert crowd he will have kidney transplant
Stevie Wonder has revealed he will take a break from music to undergo a kidney transplant later this year. The legendary U.S. singer-songwriter told a crowd in London on Saturday that he had a kidney donor lined up and that the procedure is planned for ...
China harvesting organs from Falun Gong members, expert panel finds
China is murdering members of the Falun Gong spiritual group and harvesting their organs for transplant, a panel of lawyers and experts said on Monday as they invited further investigations into a potential genocide. Members said they had heard clear evidence forced organ harvesting had ...
University of Tokyo plans experiment to grow human organs in pigs within about a year
The University of Tokyo plans to start an experiment to grow human pancreases in pigs for transplantation using induced pluripotent stem cells, better known as iPS cells, a professor leading the project said recently. Professor Hiromitsu Nakauchi said he hopes to launch the first project ...
The Japanese Association of Medical Sciences (JAMS) has established a committee to discuss whether uterus transplants should be allowed in Japan, sources with knowledge of the matter have said. The committee comprises 14 members, including executives of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology and ...
Through gene editing, Japan team develops iPS cells with lower rejection risk
A research team in Japan has tapped genome editing to successfully produce induced pluripotent stem cells, known as iPS cells, that have a reduced risk of rejection. The outcome of the research by the team led by Akitsu Hotta, a lecturer at Kyoto University's Center ...
Japan's health ministry approves world's first trials for using iPS cells to treat corneal disease
The study, to be conducted by a team of researchers from Osaka University, will be the sixth time the government has authorized clinical studies using iPS cells.
The green light has been given to a controversial research process that involves implanting human stem cells inside animals and could eventually lead to growing human organs for transplant inside animal hosts. The decision by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on ...
Japan approves world-first trial using iPS cells to treat spinal cord injuries
The health ministry on Monday approved the world's first clinical test in which artificially derived stem cells will be used to treat patients with spinal cord injuries. A team of researchers from Keio University, which filed a request for the test with the ministry, will ...
Mouse kidneys grown in rats could pave way for human transplant options
Japanese scientists said Wednesday they had successfully used mouse stem cells to grow kidneys in rat embryos, using a technique that could one day help grow human kidneys for transplant. But the researchers cautioned that their success was only a first step and that "serious ...
Keio University submits research plan with goal of performing Japan's first womb transplants
A Keio University team hopes to carry out Japan's first clinical research into transplanting wombs to women who do not have the organ, according to sources. The team submitted the research plan to the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology on Wednesday, asking for its ...
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.
