The Power of Connection: Driving Medical Advances from Japan with iPS Organoid Research

The world’s first liver organoid created from iPS cells. Yokohama City University, July 2013. (© Kyodo)

Takebe Takanori in his workspace. (© Yokozeki Kazuhiro)

Examining samples in Takebe’s lab. (© Yokozeki Kazuhiro)

Takebe’s notes show a mind always looking for new solutions. (© Yokozeki Kazuhiro)

An extracorporeal circulation device. (Courtesy Institute of Science Tokyo.)

Decorating Takebe’s wall is his 2024 Ig Nobel Prize. (© Yokozeki Kazuhiro)

(© Yokozeki Kazuhiro)