{"id":173152,"date":"2023-09-30T00:22:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T05:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/medical-ventures-ipsc-based-heart-failure-treatment-breaks-new-ground"},"modified":"2023-09-30T00:22:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T05:22:23","slug":"medical-ventures-ipsc-based-heart-failure-treatment-breaks-new-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/medical-ventures-ipsc-based-heart-failure-treatment-breaks-new-ground","title":{"rendered":"Medical Venture\u2019s iPSC-Based Heart Failure Treatment Breaks New Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/medical-ventures-ipsc-based-heart-failure-treatment-breaks-new-ground2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a groundbreaking clinical trial, two patients suffering from severe heart failure experienced improvements in their symptoms through an innovative procedure. The clinical trial was conducted by Heartseed, a medical venture associated with Keio University in Tokyo\u2019s Shinjuku Ward.<\/p>\n<p>The procedure involves the transplantation of \u201ccardiomyocyte spheroids\u201d (CM spheroids), spherical clusters of heart muscle cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). This development represents a significant step forward in the treatment of heart failure using iPSCs, with plans for practical implementation set for around 2025.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Japanese venture Heartseed has found that treating heart failure with iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte spheroids could achieve sustained tissue regeneration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a groundbreaking clinical trial, two patients suffering from severe heart failure experienced improvements in their symptoms through an innovative procedure. The clinical trial was conducted by Heartseed, a medical venture associated with Keio University in Tokyo\u2019s Shinjuku Ward. The procedure involves the transplantation of \u201ccardiomyocyte spheroids\u201d (CM spheroids), spherical clusters of heart muscle cells [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}