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Japanese hospital performs world's first surgery with commercial heart stem cell sheets

Original: A hospital in Japan has carried out the world's first surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem c

A hospital in Japan has performed the world's first surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem cells, according to one of the surgeons involved. The pioneering therapy received approval earlier this year, and the operation marks the first time the ready-made cell sheets have been used in a patient, opening a potential new treatment path for heart disease.

Why now: The procedure is a medical world first using a newly approved off-the-shelf stem cell therapy, making it major news in regenerative medicine.

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• A hospital in Japan has carried out the world's first surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem cells after the ground-breaking therapy was approved this year, one of the surgeons said. https://www. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/… · thejapantimes · 5

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