Diseases in a dish.

• Autores: Stephen S. Hall
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 304, Nº. 3, 2011, págs. 40-45
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article examines how the creative use of stem cells grown from adult tissues may quicken the pace of drug development for debilitating diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. According to the author, embryo-derived stem cells hold promise for treating incurable diseases, but researchers have not made progress in deriving therapy from stem cells. Topics include an overview of scientific developments that reprogram adult human cells into stem cells and the use of reprogrammed cells to re-create various diseases in petri dishes so researchers can test potential drugs against refashioned tissue samples.