Hitachi: Automatic culture success of cells for regenerative medicine-Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) sheet
World’s First Success in Automated Culture:
Hitachi and RIKEN joint research team:
We aim to automate culture of regenerative medicine cells.
This time, for the first time in the world, we succeeded in “automatic culture of a sheet-like tissue (RPE cell sheet, Fig. 2) of retinal pigment epithelium derived from human iPS cells” using a completely closed system small automatic culture device (Fig. 1). .
In addition, we have demonstrated that the RPE cell sheet produced is “the same level of quality as the technique culture by skilled technicians” by analysis using various markers.
This is a result that opens up the way to stable supply of medical cells by automatic culture, and greatly contributes to the spread and development of regenerative medicine.
March 14, 2019: Hitachi
https://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/month/2019/03/0314a.html