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Adverse event in IPS cell (ips細胞) trial for vision loss in Japan: initial perspectives

Mandai, et al. NEJM 2017 Figure 1C

A team of researchers at RIKEN and Kobe City Medical Center reported at a press conference today a serious adverse event in a clinical trial participant receiving an induced pluripotent stem cell (IPS cell)-based therapy for vision loss.

According to Japan Times and Yahoo! Japan(in Japanese), the patient in question in the IPS cell trial for macular degeneration…

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Yamanaka's baby turns 10 so here's a top 10 list of IPS cell hot button bullet points

Yamanaka’s baby turns 10 so here’s a top 10 list of IPS cell hot button bullet points

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Has it really been 10 years since induced pluripotent stem cells (aka IPS cells or IPSC) came onto the scene in the stem cell field?

Yes, it was a decade ago that now Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka (山中伸弥) published that seminal Cell paper on reprogramming to make mouse IPS cells and then human IPS cells came the next year.

From the moment I read that first mouse IPS cell paper, I…

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