World's 1st iPS cell transplant

World's 1st iPS cell transplant

KOBE, Japan - The operation room of the Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation Hospital in Kobe, western Japan, is seen on Sept. 10, 2014. The world's first surgery to implant retinal tissue derived from induced pluripotent stem cells into a human body was performed there in September 2014.

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