NYCU shares lung therapy data with firms
HOPE? There are no treatments that can reverse the damage caused by pulmonary fibrosis, but experimental stem cell therapy has helped mice that have the disease
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A National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) research team has transferred the technology for its experimental stem cell therapy for pulmonary fibrosis to two biotech companies, the first step toward beginning clinical trials, it announced on Friday.
The team led by Fu Yu-show (傅毓秀), a professor in the university’s Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, first published details of its therapy, which involves transplanting stem cells collected from umbilical cord fluid into lungs affected by fibrosis, in the international medical journal Theranostics in 2019.
Promising pulmonary fibrosis treatment on path to clinical trials
02/26/2021 06:09 PM
Professor Fu Yu-show (standing). CNA photo Feb. 26, 2021
Taipei, Feb. 26 (CNA) A research team at Taiwan s National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) has transferred the technology for its experimental stem cell therapy treatment for pulmonary fibrosis to two biotech companies, in a first step toward beginning clinical trials, it announced Friday.
The research team led by Fu Yu-show (傅毓秀), a professor in the university s Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, first published details of its therapy, which involves transplanting stem cells collected from umbilical cord fluid into lungs affected by fibrosis, in the international medical journal Theranostics in 2019.
Taipei, Feb. 1 (CNA) Lin Chi-Hung (林奇宏) assumed office as the president of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) on Monday and promised a blueprint for the newly merged university on its inauguration day.
Newly merged university opens
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Lin Chi-hung (林奇宏) yesterday assumed office as the president of the newly formed National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, promising to boost the school’s ranking and international participation on its inauguration.
Lin, who has a doctorate in biology from Yale University, took the post after receiving a certificate of appointment in a ceremony presided over by Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠), along with several incoming presidents of other universities.
Plaque-unveiling ceremonies for the university, a merger of National Yang-Ming University in Taipei and National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, were held in Taipei and Hsinchu respectively.