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Induced pluripotent stem cells: paths to new medicines
Author(s) -
Deng Wenbin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2010.15
Subject(s) - induced pluripotent stem cell , stem cell , human induced pluripotent stem cells , business , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , embryonic stem cell , genetics , gene
The invention of iPSC in 2006 has been heralded as a major breakthrough. Wenbin Deng explains the enormous potential of these cells for research into human diseases and development, and discusses the technical and regulatory hurdles to be overcome for their therapeutic use.