Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: 10 Years After the Breakthrough

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 19:01 in Health & Medicine

Human cortex grown in a petri dish. Eye diseases treated with retinal cells derived from a patient’s own skin cells. New drugs tested on human cells instead of animal models. Research and emerging treatments with stem cells today can be traced to a startling discovery 10 years ago when Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, and his […]

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