The world's first operation to attach directly to the heart, a cell made from iPS cells January 27 18:55
A group from Osaka University announced that it had performed the world's first surgery in which heart muscle cells made from iPS cells were sheeted and directly attached to the heart of patients with severe heart disease. Attention will be paid to verifying safety and effectiveness in the future.
A group of Professor Yoshiki Sawa of the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, made a sheet of heart muscle cells made from iPS cells that form various tissues in the body, and directly attached them to the heart of patients with severe heart disease. We aim to establish a treatment that restores function.
A group of Prof. Sawa and his colleagues held a press conference at Osaka University in Suita, Osaka, on March 27, revealing that they had performed the surgery for the first time this month. The operation was successful and the patient moved to a general room on the morning of the 27th.
This patient suffered from ischemic cardiomyopathy and was difficult to recover from medical treatment with drugs.
The surgery will be conducted as a “trial” to develop new treatments, and safety and efficacy will be verified over a year, and nine more surgeries will be performed over the next three years It is going to be done.
At a press conference, Prof. Sawa said, "I want this technology to help as many people as possible with heart failure. There is no medical treatment option, just like a breakwater, before an artificial heart or heart transplant is needed. I want to make a treatment that plays an important role. "