Human induced pluripotent stem cells as a research tool in Alzheimer's disease

What is it about?

This teaching article gives an overview of the potential for induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in modelling disease, a review of the main studies that have used iPSCs to study Alzheimer's disease, the future of iPSC models in dementia, and finally the limitations of this technology.

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Why is it important?

This teaching article offers some technical description of the iPSC technology and its future directions but in a level of detail that should be accessible to researchers and health care professionals from any background