iPSCs for personalized medicine: what will it take for Africa?

Trends Mol Med

Department of Chemical Physiology, Center for Regenerative Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

Published: December 2012

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are cutting edge biotechnology that may revolutionize medicine, and creating iPSCs from ethnically diverse individuals would generate valuable therapeutic and drug development tools. However, challenges must be overcome in creating the infrastructure and scientific capacity needed to pursue innovative, leapfrogging strategies to make iPSCs available in Africa.

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