Successful experiments to play the salivary glands and lacrimal gland.

Tsuji Prof. TUS has succeeded in experiments using the cells from fetal mouse to play the salivary glands and lacrimal.
Thought to be connected and dry eye lead to decreased visual acuity tears to protect the surface of the eye is reduced, the root treatment of dry mouth that causes tooth decay and saliva becomes hard to appear. However, if an application in humans, it is necessary to produce induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) as well.
To produce a mass of cells that become salivary glands and lacrimal glands were collected and mesenchymal cells and epithelial cells from the fetus, cultured in vitro, the team transplanted into adult mice without salivary glands and lacrimal gland.
Structure similar to native tissue can be in up to 30 days later, I was able to confirm the function.

A considerable amount of time is likely to take in up to practical use in humans, but please complete further research in order to realize.

マウスの胎児から採取した細胞を使い、涙腺や唾液腺を再生する実験に東京理科大の辻教授らが成功した。
　目の表面を守る涙が減って視力低下を招くドライアイや、唾液が出にくくなり虫歯などを引き起こすドライマウスの根本治療につなげたい考え。ただ、人に応用する場合は、同様の細胞を人工多能性幹細胞（ｉＰＳ細胞）で作製する必要がある。
　チームは胎児から上皮細胞や間葉細胞を集め、体外で培養し涙腺と唾液腺になる細胞の塊を作製、涙腺や唾液腺のない大人のマウスに移植した。
　３０日後までに天然の組織と同じような構造ができ、機能も確認できた。
人間に実用化するまでには相当な時間がかかりそうですが実現するために更なる研究を進めてください。