Abstract:Recent developments of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) and genome editing technologies enable us to create countless new opportunities in clinical researches for previously incurable diseases. With these new technologies, we aim to gain deeper understandings of a group of related untreatable disorders, Cockayne Syndrome, Xeroderma Pigmentosa and the ultraviolet (UV)-Sensitive Syndrome. The joint possession of these diseases is their hereditary and also insufficiency in repair systems for DNA damages. The … Show more
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