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| iPS cell research,
current situation and challenges |
Dr. Takashi Aoi
Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University |
| In the process to establish
the pluripotent stem cell for truly practical
clinical trial, iPS (induced Pluripotent
Stem cell) has been established. iPS cell
research have been progressing very rapidly
from the 2006 in which mouse iPS cell had
been established, through the 2007 in which
human iPS cell established, to the present.
Would the iPS cell become the same as ES
(embryonic stem) cell? What is the mechanism
to induce the pluripotency? Can we use the
iPS cell established from various patients
to study the pathogenesis of the disease,
or to develop the treatment or to apply the
drug discovery? I will introduce the knowledge
acquired over the last few years and will
discuss the possibilities, direction and
challenges of the iPS cell research. |
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