Creating Patient-Specific Neural Cells for the in Vitro Study of Brain Disorders

Kristen J. Brennand, M. Carol Marchetto, Nissim Benvenisty, Oliver Brüstle, Allison Ebert, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Ajamete Kaykas, Madeline A. Lancaster, Frederick J. Livesey, Michael J. McConnell, Ronald D. McKay, Eric M. Morrow, Alysson R. Muotri, David M. Panchision, Lee L. Rubin, Akira Sawa, Frank Soldner, Hongjun Song, Lorenz Studer, Sally TempleFlora M. Vaccarino, Jun Wu, Pierre Vanderhaeghen, Fred H. Gage*, Rudolf Jaenisch

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Abstract

As a group, we met to discuss the current challenges for creating meaningful patient-specific in vitro models to study brain disorders. Although the convergence of findings between laboratories and patient cohorts provided us confidence and optimism that hiPSC-based platforms will inform future drug discovery efforts, a number of critical technical challenges remain. This opinion piece outlines our collective views on the current state of hiPSC-based disease modeling and discusses what we see to be the critical objectives that must be addressed collectively as a field.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)933-945
Number of pages13
JournalStem Cell Reports
Volume5
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Dec 2015

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