developed a device that can be mass-produced automatic culture cells iPS.

Announced "Nipro" manufacturing and selling medical equipment and Kyoto (Osaka), and has developed a device that can produce large amounts of automatic culture (induced pluripotent stem cells) iPS cells that can change into a variety of cells. And hundreds of millions in the last two weeks, can produce about 10 times of the conventional method.
I According to the Kyoto Previously, iPS cells are cultured in a container with a lid. In addition to manually perform the exchange of culture was also time-consuming process is divided into easy-to-use size iPS cells were grown.
IPS cells placed in a bag-shaped container made ​​of resin, an apparatus has been developed, a set of dedicated culture apparatus. Separate work and cell culture medium exchange is automated, iPS cells can be several tens of million pieces per one container after 2 weeks. The apparatus that can be set to six container. In addition, I am able to avoid the risk of contamination, such as when replacing virus culture. The company is made ​​to order for $ 20 million to 30 million one.
I just concrete development to clinical awaited, hoped that iPS cell research, but go further through this device, including basic research.




京都大と医療機器製造販売「ニプロ」（大阪市）は、様々な細胞に変化できるｉＰＳ細胞（人工多能性幹細胞）を大量生産できる自動培養装置を開発したと発表した。　２週間で数億個と、従来法の約１０倍生産できるという。
　京大によると、従来は、ふた付きの容器の中でｉＰＳ細胞を培養。培養液の交換を手作業で行うほか、増殖させたｉＰＳ細胞を使いやすい大きさに分ける工程にも手間がかかった。
　開発した装置は、樹脂製の袋状容器にｉＰＳ細胞を入れ、専用の培養装置にセット。培養液の交換や細胞を分ける作業は自動化されており、２週間後には容器一つあたり数千万個のｉＰＳ細胞ができる。装置には６個の容器をセットできるという。また、培養液交換時にウイルスなどが混入する危険も回避できるとしている。同社は１台２０００万～３０００万円で受注生産する。
　臨床への具体的展開が待ち望まれるところですが、基礎研究も含めてｉＰＳ細胞の研究が、この装置を通じてさらに進んでいくことを期待したいですね。