Induced pluripotent stem cells are a type of pluripotent stem cell that can be created from differentiated (“adult”) cells. iPSCs are increasingly being explored for applications within drug development and discovery. This is because patient-derived somatic cells (for example, fibroblasts) can be reprogrammed to produce iPSCs that have disease-specific genetic aberrations. These cells can then be differentiated into the disease-affected cell type (for example, neurons in neurodegenerative diseases). [Read more…]