Doctors arrested for culturing cells for regenerative medicine without permission Doctors arrested January 15, 13:55
Doctors, former lecturers at Osaka Medical University, were arrested for culturing cells for regenerative medicine at the university without the necessary permission. University research has shown that the cultured cells were being administered to women, and police are looking into seeing that doctors may have tried the results.
The arrested were Masaaki Ii, a former lecturer and doctor at Osaka Medical University (52), and Toshiro Hamazono, a former part-time job at a pharmaceutical company living in Yokohama City (62), who met through research.
According to the police, the two men recovered and cultured "fat stem cells" from various men and women in Fukuoka Prefecture last year at a facility of Osaka Medical University, which did not have the necessary permission, according to police. There is a suspected violation of the Medical Safety Act.
According to a university survey, it was known that the cells were administered to women after culturing the cells, and Dr. Ii explained that he had been asked for the purpose of anti-aging, and he was fired from the university last August. Was.
In response to police investigation, Dr. Ii admitted the charges, and Hamazono denied the charges, stating, "I thought I had obtained permission."
Doctors have also obtained patents for related technologies as regenerative medicine specialists, and the police are looking into the possibility that they may have tried their research.