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Stem cells: a model for screening, discovery and development of drugs
Authors Kitambi S, Chandrasekar
Published 27 September 2011 Volume 2011:4 Pages 51—59
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/SCCAA.S16417
Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 3
Satish Srinivas Kitambi1, Gayathri Chandrasekar2
1Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics; 2Department of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract: The identification of normal and cancerous stem cells and the recent advances made in isolation and culture of stem cells have rapidly gained attention in the field of drug discovery and regenerative medicine. The prospect of performing screens aimed at proliferation, directed differentiation, and toxicity and efficacy studies using stem cells offers a reliable platform for the drug discovery process. Advances made in the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from normal or diseased tissue serves as a platform to perform drug screens aimed at developing cell-based therapies against conditions like Parkinson's disease and diabetes. This review discusses the application of stem cells and cancer stem cells in drug screening and their role in complementing, reducing, and replacing animal testing. In addition to this, target identification and major advances in the field of personalized medicine using induced pluripotent cells are also discussed.
Keywords: therapeutics, stem cells, cancer stem cells, screening models, drug development, high throughput screening
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