What is it about?
In this paper, we will explore the techniques that have found success in aiding discovery in stem cell therapies and try to predict the likely technologies best suited to translation and future directions.
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Why is it important?
In vivo imaging is a platform technology with the power to put function in its natural structural context. With the drive to translate stem cell therapies into pre-clinical and clinical trials, early selection of the right imaging techniques is paramount to success.
Perspectives
Progression of therapies through to clinical trials requires some thought as to the imaging and sensing modalities that should be used. Smoother progression is facilitated by the use of comparable imaging modalities throughout the discovery and trial phases, giving label-free techniques an advantage wherever they can be used, although this is seldom considered in the early stages.
Dr Sergey Alexandrov
National University of Ireland - Galway
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This page is a summary of: Functional imaging for regenerative medicine, Stem Cell Research & Therapy, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s13287-016-0315-2.
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