Li Fei, Hu Jim, He Tong-Chuan
The Editorial Office of Genes & Diseases, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400046, China.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada.
Genes Dis. 2017 Apr 1;4(2):41-42. doi: 10.1016/j.gendis.2017.03.001. eCollection 2017 Jun.
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) hold great promise for the treatment of human diseases. Two recent first-of-its-kind clinical case reports on the iPSC-based treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) highlight the hopes and challenges associated with the clinical application of iPSCs.
诱导多能干细胞(iPSC)在人类疾病治疗方面极具前景。最近有两篇关于基于iPSC治疗年龄相关性黄斑变性(AMD)的同类首个临床病例报告,突出了与iPSC临床应用相关的希望和挑战。