Itabashi CampusA research group led by Professor Yamaguchi of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at our university has discovered cells that promote organ regeneration.

On Thursday, August 22, 2024, a research group led by Professor Shinji Yamaguchi and Assistant Professor Toshiyuki Fujita of the Teikyo University Faculty Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences discovered that the soxC gene promotes organ regeneration using the highly regenerative earthworm Yamatohime. They also discovered that cells expressing the soxC gene (soxC cells) accumulate at the cut