A call to action for deciphering genetic variants in human pluripotent stem cells for cell therapy

Nissim Benvenisty; Jonathan S. Draper; Paul J. Gokhale; Lyn Healy; Zoe Hewitt; Deborah Hursh; Adam Hodgson; Tenneille E. Ludwig; Nancy Mah; Sarah E. McClelland; Milena Mennecozzi; Florian T. Merkle; Joanne C. Mountford; Martin Pera; Alessandro Prigione; Tristan A. Rodriguez; Andrea Rossi; Foad J. Rouhani; Kourosh Saeb-Parsy; Lucia Selfa Aspiroz; Nika Shakiba; Claudia Spits; Peter D. Tonge; Ivana Barbaric

doi:10.1016/j.stem.2025.03.003

A call to action for deciphering genetic variants in human pluripotent stem cells for cell therapy

Nissim Benvenisty
, Jonathan S. Draper
, Paul J. Gokhale
, Lyn Healy
, Zoe Hewitt
, Deborah Hursh
, Adam Hodgson
, Tenneille E. Ludwig
, Nancy Mah
, Sarah E. McClelland
, Milena Mennecozzi
, Florian T. Merkle
, Joanne C. Mountford
, Martin Pera
, Alessandro Prigione
, Tristan A. Rodriguez
, Andrea Rossi
, Foad J. Rouhani
, Kourosh Saeb-Parsy
, Lucia Selfa Aspiroz

Nika Shakiba, Claudia Spits, Peter D. Tonge, Ivana Barbaric^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Genetics

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Abstract

Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-based therapies offer promise but pose potential risks due to culture-acquired genetic variants, some of which have been linked with cancer. An international workshop addressed these concerns, highlighting the need for improved strategies to stratify variants and chart a path toward definitive guidelines in hPSC-based therapy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	508-512
Number of pages	5
Journal	Cell Stem Cell
Volume	32
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2025.03.003
State	Published - 3 Apr 2025

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Benvenisty, N., Draper, J. S., Gokhale, P. J., Healy, L., Hewitt, Z., Hursh, D., Hodgson, A., Ludwig, T. E., Mah, N., McClelland, S. E., Mennecozzi, M., Merkle, F. T., Mountford, J. C., Pera, M., Prigione, A., Rodriguez, T. A., Rossi, A., Rouhani, F. J., Saeb-Parsy, K., ... Barbaric, I. (2025). A call to action for deciphering genetic variants in human pluripotent stem cells for cell therapy. Cell Stem Cell, 32(4), 508-512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2025.03.003

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