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Editorial
. 2021 Aug 11;22(16):8626.
doi: 10.3390/ijms22168626.

hiPSC-Derived Cells as Models for Drug Discovery

Rivka Ofir  1
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Editorial

hiPSC-Derived Cells as Models for Drug Discovery

Rivka Ofir. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

More than 85% of pre-clinically tested drugs fail during clinical trials, which results in a long, inefficient and costly process, suggesting that animal models are often poor predictors of human biology [...].

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The author declare no conflict of interest.

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