Product Adoption Case No. 8: Cell Transplantation Using a Pen-Type Syringe Pump
Our pen-type syringe pump has been adopted for research on regenerating kidneys produced within animal fetuses at Tokyo Jikei University School of Medicine.
Dr. Shuichiro Yamanaka from Tokyo Medical University is conducting research on kidney regeneration as a new treatment for renal failure. To regenerate a functional kidney, he creates "Kidney Seeds." In previous studies, he successfully transplanted Kidney Seeds into renal failure rats, resulting in urine production (Yokote S, PANS, 2015; Fujimoto T, Cell Reports, 2020). **Challenges and Solutions** To create Kidney Seeds, stem cells must be transplanted into small kidneys during the embryonic stage. The electric injector using the pen-type syringe pump SBP from Takasago Electric Industry assists in this transplantation. Recent research demonstrated kidney regeneration from organ-deficient animals by transplanting kidney-specific stem cells called renal progenitor cells into mice that cannot develop kidneys using the electric injector, although the kidneys were immature (Yamanaka S, JASN, 2019). In the future, the aim is to create regenerated kidneys within large animals such as pigs and utilize those kidneys for the treatment of patients with renal failure.
- Company:高砂電気工業
- Price:100,000 yen-500,000 yen