iPSC

If an iPSC can develop into a baby, just as a blastocyst can, why is it any less troubling to use iPSCs for medical research than it is to usehESCs?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Stem Cell Advance Raises New Questions: 2009

And stop paying for PGD and IVF and all this iPSC research.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Stem Cell Advance Raises New Questions: 2009

If an iPSC can develop into a baby, just as a blastocyst can, why is it any less troubling to use iPSCs for medical research than it is to use hESCs?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Stem Cell Advance Raises New Questions: 2009

However, at present, the consensus in the scientific community is that both HESC and iPSC research should be pursued, as we do not yet know whether iPSCs have the same potential as HESCs or whether it is safe to transplant them into humans.

ANNIES CHASE 2009

Because an iPSC is not a blastocyst and is not obtained by eviscerating blastocysts or human beings in any other developmental stage.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Stem Cell Advance Raises New Questions: 2009

But for the unconvinced — and especially those whose religious or ideological commitments make them opposed to any research using blastocysts — opposition to iPSC research might be the only internally consistent position totake.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Stem Cell Advance Raises New Questions: 2009

And, of course, iPSCs do not come from embryos that could develop into a person, so iPSC research has met with widespread approval by conservatives who oppose hESC research.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Stem Cell Advance Raises New Questions: 2009

An iPSC may be closer to a blastocyst or zygote than an unmodified tissue cell, but it lacks that characteristic.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Stem Cell Advance Raises New Questions: 2009

Thus, no immediate therapies should be expected from human pluripotent stem cell-based therapy, either embryo derived or iPSC.

Stem-Cell Breakthrough Maureen Condic 2007

And they deployed this technique thoroughly, using two ESC lines, their own iPSC line, four iPSC lines from other labs, and a regular fat cell line.

Ars Technica John Timmer 2011