Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
Osaka University
Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA)、
Kyoto University
Riken Center for Developmental Biology

1.Summary

Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital (KCGH), the Riken Center for Developmental Biology (CDB), Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at Kyoto University, and Osaka University announced the transplantation of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell sheets derived from allogeneic iPS cells into a patient with wet age-related macular degeneration. The surgery was performed on March 28.

2. Presenters

Ophthalmology Director Yasuo Kurimoto (KCGH)
Project Leader Dr. Masayo Takahashi (KCGH)

3. About the surgery

–Location
Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
-Patient
60 year old male
-Treatment
Transplantation of RPE cell sheets derived from allogeneic iPS cells

4. Significant Dates

Further details can be read at (Japanese only)

滲出型加齢黄斑変性に対するiPS細胞由来網膜色素上皮細胞に関する臨床研究