Induced pluripotent stem cells from urine of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients

Summary

This integration-free, feeder-free, efficient, and reproducible reprogramming method employed UDCs. Urine is a low-cost, non-invasive, painless, and repeatable source of rapidly expandable cells from children and morbid individuals for obtaining autologous cells for drug-assays and disease-modelling, suitable for DMD and other debilitating diseases. © 2021 Japan Pediatric Society.

Authors Ghori FF, Wahid M
Journal Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society
Publication Date 2021 Sep;63(9):1038-1047
PubMed 33599058
DOI 10.1111/ped.14655

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