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Title: How are induced pluripotent stem cells produced?
Post by: rjblayz on Oct 3, 2012
How are induced pluripotent stem cells produced?


Title: How are induced pluripotent stem cells produced?
Post by: rjavier1 on Oct 3, 2012
"...iPS cells are typically derived by transfection of certain stem cell-associated genes into non-pluripotent cells, such as adult fibroblasts. Transfection is typically achieved through viral vectors, such as retroviruses. Transfected genes include the master transcriptional regulators Oct-3/4 (Pouf51) and Sox2, although it is suggested that other genes enhance the efficiency of induction. After 3?4 weeks, small numbers of transfected cells begin to become morphologically and biochemically similar to pluripotent stem cells, and are typically isolated through morphological selection, doubling time, or through a reporter gene and antibiotic selection..."