Although the clinical application of induced pluripotent stem cells is still in its infancy, the development of iPSC technologies reflected by an increasing number of patents provides hope that they will realize their therapeutic potential.
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This research was supported with the Ministry of Science and Technology National Key R&D grant (2022YFA1105000), National Science Foundation China general grant (32270842), Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) grants (0002-2021-AKP and 0071-2022-A2), University of Macau (UM) grants (CPG2024-00037-FHS, MYRG2020-00140-FHS and MYRG2022-00044-FHS) to R.X., as well as FDCT grants (005/2023/SKL and SKL-QRCM(UM)-2023-2025), UM grants (MYRG2022-00103-ICMS and MYRG-CRG2023-00007-ICMS-IAS) and Zhuhai UM Science & Technology Research Institute grant (CP-033-2021) to Y.J.H.
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Lyu, L., Feng, Y., Huang, B. et al. Mapping the global landscape for induced pluripotent stem cells from patents and clinical trials. Nat Biotechnol 42, 563–569 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-024-02196-1
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