Kyoto University and Itochu to offer low-cost personalized stem cell kits

Pharmaceuticals

Kits to culture iPS cells used in cancer therapies will be offered at home and abroad

Researchers study stem cells at a recently opened facility run by Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application. (Photo by Yuki Misumi)

YUI SATO and YUKI MISUMI

September 5, 2025 02:43 JST

TOKYO/OSAKA — Kyoto University and Japanese trading house Itochu plan to release a kit as early as this year to aid in producing individualized stem-cell-based treatments from a patient’s own cells at low cost, Nikkei has learned.