

Along with the establishment of the Seishin Regenerative Medicine Center, press conference was held at the Hotel Mandarin Oriental Tokyo (Chuo-ku, Tokyo).

About 60 media representatives from newspapers, journals, and television networks participated in the press conference. This suggests the high interest in advanced medical technology based on regenerative medicine technology, that is, transplantation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells.

On the same day, at Seishin Regenerative Medicine Center, the world’s first operation was performed on a patient for transplantation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells with the Celution™ System in the field of cosmetic medicine (breast augmentation). Before the surgery, Dr. Marc Hedrick from Cytori Therapeutics, Inc., and who discovered adipose tissue-derived stem cells and developed the CelutionTM System, came to Japan. Dr. Hedrick and Cosmetic Surgery Seishin General Director Kamakura participated in the surgery and attended the press conference.




The press conference was followed by a buffet-style press reception. Panelists and General Director Kamakura also participated in the reception. With health-conscious, special menus and a friendly atmosphere, the reporters and panelists freely asked and answered questions at the reception.

