Embryoid Body Formation
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are derived from skin or blood cells that have been reprogrammed back into an embryonic-like pluripotent state that enables the development of an unlimited source of any type of human cell needed for therapeutic purposes. iPSCs have the ability to differentiate into all germ layers, holding great promise for a robust cell source for cell-replacement therapies. In order to differentiate iPSCs into the target cell, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) tissue chip researchers are producing "embryoid bodies” --- three-dimensional aggregates formed in suspension by iPSCs.
Credit: UCSF Photo/Dr. Sonja Schrepfer
Embryoid Body Formation
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are derived from skin or blood cells that have been reprogrammed back into an embryonic-like pluripotent state that enables the development of an unlimited source of any type of human cell needed for therapeutic purposes. iPSCs have the ability to differentiate into all germ layers, holding great promise for a robust cell source for cell-replacement therapies. In order to differentiate iPSCs into the target cell, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) tissue chip researchers are producing "embryoid bodies” --- three-dimensional aggregates formed in suspension by iPSCs.
Credit: UCSF Photo/Dr. Sonja Schrepfer