Japan univ. conducts world's 1st iPS transplant for corneal disease english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 21 hours ago - 08:37 | All, LifestyleA research team from a Japanese university said Thursday it conducted the world's first transplant of corneal tissues using induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, in July.
Osaka University's team led by Koji Nishida may have created a new treatment for those suffering from corneal diseases, as current treatment involves waiting for corneal donations, which have been insufficient in Japan.
(Osaka University professor Koji Nishida meets the press in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2019, to announce the world's first transplant of corneal tissues using iPS.)
The female patient in her 40s, who suffered from corneal epithelial stem cell deficiency, was discharged from the hospital last week.
In the surgery conducted July 25, the team transplanted in her left eye extremely thin sheet-like corneal tissues produced from another individual's iPS cells, that had been stored at Kyoto University.