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Mass-produced cardiac muscle cells brought closer to reality

26-Oct-2017

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Keio University team piled 10 layers of iPS cell culture plates each measuring 20 x 30 cm.

Also made a device to supply oxygen and carbon dioxide evenly to the plates.

Produced 1 billion cardiac muscle cells - enough to deal with several patients.

Could lead to the commercialization of regenerative medicine.

Plans to start a clinical study next fiscal year.

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Hideyuki Okano

Professor at Keio University School of Medicine.

Keio University

Private university in Tokyo, Japan.

Osaka University

Public Research university.

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Regenerative Medicine