by Oyvind Dahle – Foley & Lardner, LLP –
On May 20 a major advance in stem cell and regenerative medicine was reported in Nature by a team from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi) at Kyoto University. The team, led by Dr. Mitinori Saitou, discovered a new way to recreate human germ cells by using induced pluripotent stem cells. Producing germ cells is of immense importance for treating infertility, which affects 1 in 6 people in their lifetime worldwide according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
