iPS Cells for Modelling and Treatment of Human Diseases

• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2015
• Subjects: Medicine; clinical application; differentiation; adult stem cell; human disease; immune response; induced pluripotent stem cells; genetic cell stability
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The field of reprogramming somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) has moved very quickly, from bench to bedside in just eight years since its first discovery. The best example of this is the RIKEN clinical trial this year in Japan, which will use iPSC derived retinal pigmented epit...