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市場動向:サイフューズ社、3D細胞を用いた膝関節治療の臨床試験を開始

-- サイフューズ・バイオメディカル株式会社(東証:4892)は、3Dプリント細胞構造体を用いて膝の骨と軟骨を修復する新たな治療法を開発し、再生医療プラットフォームの臨床試験をヒト臨床試験へと進めていると、日経新聞が月曜日に報じた。 慶應義塾大学および藤田医科大学と共同で実施されるこの医師主導の臨床試験では、患者自身の脂肪由来細胞から作製したインプラントを試験する。報道によると、この試験は早ければ7月にも開始される予定で、特発性膝骨壊死症患者5名が登録される。 サイフューズの技術は、生きた細胞を用いて足場材を用いない3次元組織を作製するもので、より自然な生着と拒絶反応リスクの低減を目指している。膝のプログラムは、骨と軟骨の両方が損傷する疾患への対応に向けた一歩となるものであり、関節置換術以外に治療選択肢が限られている分野だと、同紙は伝えている。 同社は既に前臨床試験で安全性を確認しており、この治療法を再生医療における幅広いパイプラインの一部として位置付けている。報道によると、サイフューズ社は今年初め、同様の細胞ベースの構造体を用いた神経修復に焦点を当てた別の臨床試験を開始した。 (マーケットチャッターのニュースは、世界中の市場専門家との会話から得られた情報に基づいています。この情報は信頼できる情報源に基づいていると考えられますが、噂や憶測が含まれる場合もあります。正確性は保証されません。)

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