Gifu University and Tohoku University Joint Press Conference

Gifu University and Tohoku University Joint Press Conference was held at Station Conference Tokyo (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) on March 6, 2018.

Professor Shinya Minatoguchi of Cardiology Course, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University and Professor Mari Dezawa of the Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University jointly announced that when a stem cell called "Multilineage-differentiating Stress Enduring (Muse) was administered a rabbit with acute cardiac infarction by intravenous dripping, infarction partially disappeared and its cardiac function improved.

Their joint statement showed us the great possibility of a new medicine for cardiac infarction for humans in the near future.

Press Conference

Professor Minatoguchi making a presentation