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StemTech scientists are experts in producing human cell models of neurological disorders. We have efficient and unique protocols that generate a range of relevant cell types including:
We can work with blood or skin samples from patients and subjects you may have recruited to your own research study or we also have access to a range of neurological patient iPSC lines.
Stem Cells for Drug Discovery
Drug discovery has traditionally relied upon cell lines from animals or tumours but this is now considered a major reason for why compounds investigated in pre-clinical studies fail to become effective medicines in clinic. These traditional cell lines do not accurately reflect some of the workings of cells and processes in the human body.
Human iPSCs have therefore become an important tool for drug discovery, through the ‘capture’ of the genetic backgrounds of the patients adult cells that are retained in the iPSCs. By turning iPSC into specialised adult cells, disease processes can then be examined on human cell types relevant to the disease.
Once iPSC lines from patients or healthy controls are generated, the difference between cells can be examined to identify disease phenotypes. The molecules that are responsible for these disease cellular phenotypes can also be discovered for drug target discovery and validation. Drug discovery can then proceed by screening compounds that reverse the disease cellular phenotype or by developing other assays to modulate novel drug targets.
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