Cell and Gene Therapy

Track 9: Stem cell engineering

The modification and tuning of stem cells is a separate area of cell engineering. The aforementioned cell engineering techniques encompass a large portion of current research on stem cell therapies and treatments. Because they can differentiate into a variety of other cell types, stem cells are exceptional in that they can be modified to provide novel therapies or serve as a starting point for more cell engineering projects. One example of directed stem cell engineering is the generation of pro-myogenic factors for the treatment of sarcopenia or muscle atrophy by partially developing stem cells into myocytes.