Eye expert Takahashi lauded for iPS cell advances by Nature

Ophthalmologist Masayo Takahashi, who conducted the world's first transplant of tissue generated from iPS stem cells, is one of the 10 people responsible for the most noteworthy scientific achievements of the year, according to British science journal Nature. Nature noted in its latest edition Thursday that induced pluripotent stem cells are widely touted for their potential to generate genetically matched tissue for the treatment of a range of diseases, and that the transplant was "the first test of that promise in people, and therefore a major milestone for the stem-cell field."

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