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Macular Degeneration and Stem Cells (nature.com)
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> Thomas Deerinck, NCMIR/SPL. On 28 March, a Japanese man in his 60s became the first person to receive cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells that had been donated by another person.
> iPS cells are created by removing mature cells from an individual, reprogramming these cells back to an embryonic state, and then coaxing them to become a cell type useful for treating a disease.
> In a procedure performed in September 2014 at the Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, a Japanese woman received retinal cells derived from iPS cells.
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> Thomas Deerinck, NCMIR/SPL. On 28 March, a Japanese man in his 60s became the first person to receive cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells that had been donated by another person.
> iPS cells are created by removing mature cells from an individual, reprogramming these cells back to an embryonic state, and then coaxing them to become a cell type useful for treating a disease.
> In a procedure performed in September 2014 at the Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, a Japanese woman received retinal cells derived from iPS cells.
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