We have generated an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line derived from a RP patient with two heterozygous mutations in the cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase 6A alpha subunit (PDE6A) gene.
Generation of an iPSC line from the skin fibroblasts of a patient affected by a genetic eye disease, Ocular albinism type 1, presenting with a mutation in the GPR143 gene.
This Nature Protocols paper describes a simple protocol for imaging stem cells in the Drosophila ovary that improves on alternative protocols in that flies of any age can be used.
Bin Xu, Job de Jong and Sander Markx in the Dept of Molecular Therapeutics are leading a pioneering study, using stem cells to find and test new treatments for psychiatric disorders.