Kyoto University and Itochu to offer low-cost personalized stem cell kits

Kits to culture iPS cells used in cancer therapies will be offered at home and abroad

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Researchers study stem cells at a recently opened facility run by Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application. (Photo by Yuki Misumi)

YUI SATO and YUKI MISUMI

TOKYO/OSAKA -- Kyoto University and Japanese trading house Itochu plan to release a kit as early as this year to aid in producing individualized stem-cell-based treatments from a patient's own cells at low cost, Nikkei has learned.

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