Woman Receives First Stem Cell Therapy Using Her Own Skin Cells – TIME
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Woman Receives First Stem Cell Therapy Using Her Own Skin Cells
TIME Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Japan surgically transplanted a sheet of retinal pigment cells into the eye of a 70-year old woman on Friday. The cells are the first induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, given to a … Scientists 'reset' stem cells to study start of human development Second life: Scientists 'reset' human stem cells to 'blank state' Japan carries out first iPS stem cell implant surgery |
