Volume 4 Supplement 1
Edited by Rocky S Tuan and Timothy O'Brien
Publication of this supplement has not been supported by sponsorship. Articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process. The Editors declare that they have no competing interests.
Introduction
The National Institutes of Health has partnered with the US Food and Drug Administration and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to accelerate the development of human microphysiological systems (MPS...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):I1
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders affect up to 25% of the US population. Common intestinal disorders include malabsorption, irritable bowel syndrome and fecal incontinence. Some GI disorders such as Hirschsprung...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S1
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
The discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in 2006 was a major breakthrough for regenerative medicine. The establishment of patient-specific iPSCs has created the opportunity to model diseases in ...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S2
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Researchers need an available and easy-to-use model of the human intestine to better understand human intestinal physiology and pathophysiology of diseases, and to offer an enhanced platform for developing dru...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S3
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
This project aims to establish and characterize an in vitro model of the developing human brain for the purpose of testing drugs and chemicals. To accurately assess risk, a model needs to recapitulate the complex...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S4
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Barrett's esophagus (BE), graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are common human gastrointesti...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S5
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Osteoarthritis (OA), the most prevalent form of arthritis, affects up to 15% of the adult population and is principally characterized by degeneration of the articular cartilage component of the joint, often wi...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S6
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Detailed studies of lung pathology in patients during the course of development of acute lung injury or respiratory distress are limited, and in the past information related to lung-specific responses has been...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S7
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Our project team is developing an integrated microphysiological platform with functionally connected vascular, liver and cardiac microtissues derived from a single line of human pluripotent stem cells. The pla...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S8
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
A multiorgan, functional, human in vitro assay system or 'Body-on-a-Chip' would be of tremendous benefit to the drug discovery and toxicology industries, as well as providing a more biologically accurate model fo...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S9
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Microphysiological systems provide a tool to simulate normal and pathological function of organs for prolonged periods. These systems must incorporate the key functions of the individual organs and enable inte...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S10
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
The vast majority of cancer mortalities result from distant metastases. The metastatic microenvironment provides unique protection to ectopic tumors as the primary tumors often respond to specific agents. Alth...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S11
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
A lack of affordable and effective testing and screening procedures mean surprisingly little is known about the health hazards of many of the tens of thousands of chemicals in use in the world today. The recen...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S12
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
The female reproductive tract produces hormones for reproductive function and cardiovascular, bone and sexual health; the tract supplies a finite number of gametes, and it supports fetal development. Diseases ...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S13
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Drug discovery and development to date has relied on animal models, which are useful but are often expensive, slow, and fail to mimic human physiology. The discovery of human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cel...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S14
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Cancer and cardiovascular disease remain the two leading causes of death in the United States. Progress in treatment to reduce morbidity and mortality will include the development of new drugs. Recent advances...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S15
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Although the process of drug development requires efficacy and toxicity testing in animals prior to human testing, animal models have limited ability to accurately predict human responses to xenobiotics and ot...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S16
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
Kidney disease is a public health problem that affects more than 20 million people in the US adult population, yet little is understood about the impact of kidney disease on drug disposition. Consequently ther...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S17
Published on: 20 December 2013
Review
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) dynamically controls exchange between the brain and the body, but this interaction cannot be studied directly in the intact human brain or sufficiently represented by animal model...
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4(Suppl 1):S18
Published on: 20 December 2013
