The Stem Cell Revolution
By: ARK Invest
Harvest Exchange
August 22, 2017
The Stem Cell Revolution
Discovered nearly thirty years ago in 1988[1], stem cell technology has failed to transform the field of regenerative medicine…until now. After delivering only one treatment during three decades of development, stem cell technology could finally become the all-purpose tool for repairing the body, thanks to rapid and precise genome editing techniques such as CRISPR and TALENs. Several obstacles in stem cell technology- high costs, safety concerns, and bioethical considerations – are beginning to fall away. In particular, the introduction of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) eliminated many of the initial bioethical concerns stirred by the the source of stem cells. Now, advances in genome-editing are accelerating the pace of progress.
Originally Published at: The Stem Cell Revolution
