iPS therapy: Keio Univ, iPS cells treated with spinal cord injury – 200000 patients in Japan

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iPS therapy: Keio Univ, iPS cells treated with spinal cord injury – 200000 patients in Japan

Spinal cord injury is caused by scratching nerve cells that do not regenerate, so medicine can not cure it.

From next year, Keio Univ will conduct cell transplantation for patients within a few weeks after damaging the spinal cord.

Neurons cause inflammation not only in the places where they are cut but also in the surroundings, and the symptoms worsen.

Early transplantation is more likely to have a therapeutic effect.

Approximately 200,000 chronic patients in Japan are awaiting treatment.

https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/www.sankei.com/life/amp/181113/lif1811130049-a.html

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