Stem cells and drug discovery: the beginning of a new era?

Lee L Rubin

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2008.02.010

Stem cells and drug discovery: the beginning of a new era?

Cell. 2008 Feb 22;132(4):549-52. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.02.010.

Author

Lee L Rubin¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA. lee_rubin@harvard.edu

PMID: 18295572
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.02.010

Abstract

Much of the attention focused on stem cells relates to their use in cell replacement therapy; however, stem cells may also transform the way in which therapeutics are discovered and validated.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cell Culture Techniques
Cell Differentiation
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical*
Embryonic Stem Cells / cytology*
Mice