Japan feeds stem cells from adult skin

Kyoto University scientists have succeeded in cultivating multipurpose artificial stem cells (iPS) taken from adult skin fibroblasts.

Science in the world has been successful in using fetal skin fibroblasts to grow stem cells, but this is the first time researchers have succeeded in culturing iPS cells using cells. adult skin.

Kyoto University scientists took skin fibroblasts from three people aged 30-70 and used four genes needed to create iPS cells.

After about 130 days, the number of cells has increased 10 times. When analyzing genes, the scientists determined that the cultured iPS cells were normalized.

New research results enhance the ability to carry out treatment with iPS cell regeneration, especially most patients need to treat this method as adults, because raising iPS cells from the political The patient's own cell is the safest. /.