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Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells - as new tools for futureregenerative medicine and drug testing
Dr. Olga UjhellyBioTalentum Ltd., Hungary
Pluripotent stem cells have the capacity to become any cellin the body
Multiple differentiation potential = PLURIPOTENTCardiac muscleSkeletal muscleKidney tubule cellPigment cellNeuron cellSkin cellPancreatic cellLung cellThyroid cellSmooth muscleRed blood cellsDifferentiation
Pluripotentstem cellsSomatic cells
Types of pluripotent stem cells
Embrionic stem cells - derived from blastocystNuclear transfer-Embrionic stem cells - derived by somatic cell nuclearRequire embryos or eggs to createInduced pluripotent stem cellNew technology, developed by Shinya Yamanaka in 2006Derived from somatic cells without sacrificing embryos
Method of the Year 2009: iPS cells
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