Abstract

It has been recently discovered that somatic cells can be reprogrammed into iPSC's by transgenic expression of a key transcription factors (OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and cMYC). These iPSC's mimic the pluripotent state observed for human embryonic stem cells (ESC's) and have the advantage that human embryos are not needed, thus circumventing potential ethical concerns. In addition, this reprogramming technology has the potential to generate patient-specific iPSC's for future cell therapy or disease modeling to develop novel therapies for infertile patients.

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