【Spotlight】NYCU–Japan Collaboration Unveils World’s First Automated Stem Cell Cultivation System

Abstract

A Taiwan-led research team has written a new chapter in regenerative medicine. After five years of close collaboration, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) and the CiRA Foundation at Kyoto University—founded by Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka—have unveiled the world’s first fully automated system capable of cultivating and differentiating stem cells: the Cyto Chamber (Pioneer One).