Brain diseases can have a large impact on patients and society, and treatment is often not available. A new approach in which somatic cells are reprogrammed into induced pluripotent cells (iPS cells) is a significant breakthrough for regenerative medicine. This promises patient-…
I. Introduction.- II. Cell Reprogramming: A New Era in Regenerative Medicine -- a. Stem Cells -- b. Reprogramming Methods.- c. Measuring Pluripotency, Efficiency, and Identity -- d. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells versus Embryonic Stem Cells -- III. Understanding Epigenetic Memor…
The principle goal of regenerative medicine is the restoration of damaged, dysfunctional, or missing cellular tissue, up to and including whole organs. Growing healthy replacement tissue, in vivo or in vitro, plays an important role in anticipated therapies. To generate competen…
