| Literature DB >> 27151349 |
Nazish Sayed1, Chun Liu2, Joseph C Wu3.
Abstract
The prospect of changing the plasticity of terminally differentiated cells toward pluripotency has completely altered the outlook for biomedical research. Human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) provide a new source of therapeutic cells free from the ethical issues or immune barriers of human embryonic stem cells. iPSCs also confer considerable advantages over conventional methods of studying human diseases. Since its advent, iPSC technology has expanded with 3 major applications: disease modeling, regenerative therapy, and drug discovery. Here we discuss, in a comprehensive manner, the recent advances in iPSC technology in relation to basic, clinical, and population health.Entities:
Keywords: drug discovery; human-induced pluripotent stem cells; macromedicine; micromedicine; personalized medicine
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27151349 PMCID: PMC5086255 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.01.083
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol ISSN: 0735-1097 Impact factor: 24.094