Masayuki Yamato

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Masayuki Yamato is a pioneering force in regenerative medicine, best known for his groundbreaking work in cell sheet technology and its intersection with robotics. His key research areas focus on biofabrication, tissue engineering, and automated cell culture systems. Yamato’s major contribution is the development of cell sheet technology, which enables the harvest of intact, interconnected cell layers with their native extracellular matrix, avoiding the use of enzymes. This innovation has been pivotal for creating functional tissue-like structures, with his seminal 2009 paper on the topic garnering 85 citations. He further advanced the field by introducing an automatic cell sheet manipulator technique for fabricating 3-dimensional tissues (72 citations), and demonstrated its clinical potential through corneal regeneration in rabbit models using automated culture systems (53 citations). Yamato’s visionary work, including his 2007 perspective on robotics in regenerative medicine, has set the stage for cost-effective, scalable manufacturing of bioengineered tissues. His achievements underscore a transformative approach that merges biology and engineering, offering new hope for organ regeneration and automated tissue fabrication.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Cell sheet technology and cell patterning for biofabrication

   85 citations · 2009
2. 2
   Automatic fabrication of 3-dimensional tissues using cell sheet manipulator technique

   72 citations · 2013
3. 3
   Corneal regeneration by transplantation of corneal epithelial cell sheets fabricated with automated cell culture system in rabbit model

   53 citations · 2013
4. 4
   Grand Espoir: Robotics in Regenerative Medicine

   7 citations · 2007

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