Japan team carries out world-first spinal cord stem cell trial

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TOKYO - A Japanese university said Friday it has successfully transplanted stem cells into a patient with a spinal cord injury, in the first clinical trial of its kind.

There is currently no effective treatment for paralysis caused by serious spinal cord injuries, believed to affect more than 100,000 people in Japan alone.

The first step in the trial involved implanting more than two million iPS-derived cells into a patient's spinal cord in an operation last month. The patient will be monitored by an independent committee for up to three months to decide whether the study can safely continue and others can receive transplants.

The university received government approval for the trial in 2019, but recruitment was temporarily put on hold because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

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