First Approval for Heart Tissue Reuse in Japan

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Japan has approved a new heart tissue reuse treatment for the first time. The procedure takes healthy tissue, such as heart valves, from a diseased heart removed during transplant surgery and uses it in another patient. The National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center plans to perform the procedure and work with other medical institutions to expand adoption. The approval matters because it could increase the supply of transplant tissue for patients who need heart-related treatment.

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