Section 11: Applications of iPSCs

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What are three applications of iPSC technology?

Disease modelling, drug screening, and regenerative medicine.

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What is disease modelling using iPSCs?

Creating patient-specific diseased cells (e.g., neurons from an Alzheimer's patient) to study pathology and disease mechanisms.

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What is drug screening using iPSCs?

Testing drugs on patient-specific cells to identify effective treatments for individual patients.

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What is regenerative medicine using iPSCs?

The potential to transplant genetically matched cells back into the patient to repair damaged tissues (e.g., heart, pancreas).

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What makes iPSCs ethically advantageous?

iPSCs allow creation of patient-specific stem cells without using embry