On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, a routine press conference took place. Press roundtables are held every two months to keep members of the press informed about the hospital's latest initiatives and research findings.

During this session, three presentations were delivered.

●”The number of pancreatic transplant surgeries at Kyushu University Hospital has reached 100 cases”
~A disease that can cure type 1 diabetes~
~Aiming to free patients from insulin injections~

Masafumi Nakamura （Director / Professor of Pancreatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas & Kidney Transplant Surgery）
Yasuhiro Okabe　（Lecturer of Pancreatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas & Kidney Transplant Surgery）
Keizo Kaku （Assistant Professor of Pancreatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas & Kidney Transplant Surgery）
Hiroshi Noguchi (Assistant Professor of Kidney Care Unit (KCU))
Yu Hisadome（Pancreatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas & Kidney Transplant Surgery）

●“The number of living donor liver transplants at Kyushu University Hospital has exceeded 1,000 cases”
- In order to save as many liver failure patients as possible by passing on life -

Tomoharu Yoshizumi（ Professor of Liver, Spleen, Portal Vein & Liver Transplant Surgery）
Tatsuro Tajiri（Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Developmental Surgery & Small Intestine Transplant Surgery）

●“Transplantation of allogeneic iPS cell-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells into the first subject in a phase 1/2 trial for retinal pigment epithelial clefts”

Kohei Sonoda（Professor of Ophthalmology）
Satomi Shiose（Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology）
Shoji Notomi （Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology）

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