Novel infertility treatment using cell sheet technology
2022-1020-09
- researcher's name
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about researcher SAKAGUCHI, Katsuhisa Part-time Lecturer (retired)
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Faculty of Science and Engineering Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
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background
● By 2050, Japan's population is estimated to fall below 100 million
to 95.15 million.
● In 2019, 1 in 5 couples was treated for infertility, and 1 in 14 was
born by in vitro fertilization.
● The number of babies born is sluggish despite the rapid increase
in the number of fertility treatments.
summary
● Infertility treatment that engrafts fertilized eggs in the intimal tissue using cell sheet technology.
predominance
● Cell sheets have an extremely high engraftment rate.
● In vitro analysis
application/development
● Implantation model for drug screening
● Regenerative medicine / fertility treatment
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