Kyoto Hospital Succeeds in iPS Sheet Transplant to Diabetic

Kyoto, April 15 (Jiji Press)--Kyoto University Hospital has succeeded in transplanting pancreatic cell sheets made from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells into a diabetic patient, achieving the first clinical application of such sheets in Japan. Announcing the results Monday, the hospital said that the patient in her 40s has already been discharged with a favorable prognosis. It was t...

Kyoto Hospital Succeeds in iPS Sheet Transplant to Diabetic
Kyoto, April 15 (Jiji Press)--Kyoto University Hospital has succeeded in transplanting pancreatic cell sheets made from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells into a diabetic patient, achieving the first clinical application of such sheets in Japan. Announcing the results Monday, the hospital said that the patient in her 40s has already been discharged with a favorable prognosis. It was t...