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iPS Cells Part 2: Drug Development for Intractable Diseases

Japanese researchers are using a new method to develop drugs to treat rare or incurable diseases. They're using iPS cells, which can turn into any cell in the body, to recreate symptoms outside the body and test different drugs on them. We look at how the method is being applied to ALS and an extremely rare disease which affects one in 2 million people and results in bones growing in muscle tissues.

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  • Originally Aired March 23, 2020
  • Network NHK
  • Created March 19, 2021 by
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