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. 2009 Feb 12;61(3):337-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.01.024.

Reprogramming therapeutics: iPS cell prospects for neurodegenerative disease

Asa Abeliovich  1 , Claudia A Doege
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Reprogramming therapeutics: iPS cell prospects for neurodegenerative disease

Asa Abeliovich et al. Neuron. .

Abstract

The recent description of somatic cell reprogramming to an embryonic stem (ES) cell-like phenotype, termed induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology, presents an exciting potential venue toward cell-based therapeutics and disease models for neurodegenerative disorders. Two recent studies (Dimos et al. and Ebert et al.) describe the initial characterization of neurodegenerative disease patient-derived iPS cell cultures as proof of concept for the utility of this technology.

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