The pace of stem cell research continues to accelerate, with rapid advances being made in diverse areas, from understanding the fundamentals of their biology to how these unique cells can give insights into the genetic and cellular causes of human disease. To highlight and evaluate key topics in this exciting field, Nature Cell Biology and Nature Reviews Genetics have joined forces to commission this authoritative Focus on Stem Cells, featuring reviews by leading stem-cell scientists.
The accompanying online library includes many of the latest stem cell research and review articles from across Nature Publishing Group.
Editorials
Focus on stem cells
doi:10.1038/ncb0511-489b
Nature Cell Biology 13, 489 (2011)
Research highlights
Development: Differentiation goes up a Notch
doi:10.1038/nrg2973
Nature Reviews Genetics 12, 226 (2011)
Stem cells: Reprogramming's unintended consequences
doi:10.1038/nrg2975
Nature Reviews Genetics 12, 230 (2011)
Reviews
Methods for making induced pluripotent stem cells: reprogramming à la carte
Federico González, Stéphanie Boué & Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte
doi:10.1038/nrg2937
Nature Reviews Genetics 12, 231-242 (2011)
Turning straw into gold: directing cell fate for regenerative medicine
Dena E. Cohen & Douglas Melton
doi:10.1038/nrg2938
Nature Reviews Genetics 12, 243-252 (2011)
Progress in understanding reprogramming to the induced pluripotent state
Kathrin Plath & William E. Lowry
doi:10.1038/nrg2955
Nature Reviews Genetics 12, 253-265 (2011)
Investigating monogenic and complex diseases with pluripotent stem cells
Hao Zhu, M. William Lensch, Patrick Cahan & George Q. Daley
doi:10.1038/nrg2951
Nature Reviews Genetics 12, 266-276 (2011)
The transcriptional and signalling networks of pluripotency
Huck-Hui Ng and M. Azim Surani
doi:10.1038/ncb0511-490
Nature Cell Biology 13, 490-496 (2011)
Emerging models and paradigms for stem cell ageing
D. Leanne Jones and Thomas A. Rando
doi:10.1038/ncb0511-506
Nature Cell Biology 13, 506-512 (2011)
Harnessing the potential of induced pluripotent stem cells for regenerative medicine
Sean M. Wu and Konrad Hochedlinger
doi:10.1038/ncb0511-497
Nature Cell Biology 13, 497-505 (2011)