Research and Clinical Applications of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Researchers discovered induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)by reprogramming technology in 2006.Since then,iPSCs became a hot issue in stem cell research field.It is another engineering cell source after the embryonic stem cells (ESCs),which can be applied in autologous cell transplantation,tissue en-gineering research,drug screening,drug safety testing research and disease model research in vitro .Al-though iPSCs have not been used in clinical currently,but with the advantages in the field of regenerative medicine,therefore has a great application prospect in clinical application.