Cloning, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Synopsis: Video recording of a lecture given by Sir Ian Wilmut at the Royal Society on 19/10/2010. Extraordinary opportunities to study the molecular mechanisms that cause inherited diseases are being provided by new methods of producing stem cells. These techniques make it possible to produce from patient cells that are equivalent to those early in their life. In principle many inherited diseases may be studied in this way including Motor Neuron Disease, schizophrenia, some forms of cancer and causes of sudden heart failure. In addition, human cells in the laboratory may provide important new approaches to the safety testing of new drugs. This has the potential to greatly increase the efficiency of drug development and reduce the costs involved. The lecture illustrates not only the potential value of these new methods, but also the manner in which their development was prompted by research to clone a sheep. (64 minutes)
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2010
Year of production: 2010
Subjects: Biology; Medical sciences
Keywords: cloning; diseases; drugs testing; genetic code; stem cells; regenerative medicine

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