公立大学法人东方体育
Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
Personal tools
公立大学法人东方体育
News

Clinical trial started for umbilical cord stem cell treatment for infant brain hypoxia

Published on May 14, 2015

Research

This research was covered in the following media 
12 May  Nihon Keizai Shinbun newspaper, Yomiuri newspaper, Sankei newspaper, Mainichi newspaper

A joint research group of 10 institutes, including a team led by Professor Haruo Shintaku of the Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics started the first clinical trial in Japan to treat the lack of oxygen supply to the brain at birth (Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy), which is the main cause for cerebral palsy, using stem cells from blood of the umbilical cord.

The first treatment was carried out on 28 April 2015 at the Kurashiki Central Hospital (Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture). So far progress is satisfactory.

As representative of the research group, Professor Shintaku commented that 6 trials are planned to verify the safety of the procedure.

このカテゴリー内のナビゲーション