Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs
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Blog Post
...compared to other delivery methods. Retrovirus has a cloning capacity of ~8 kb, so either a single polycistronic...random integration creates variation between iPSC clones. Retroviruses are not considered safe for clinical...dividing and nondividing cells and have a larger cloning capacity (8-10 kb) than other retroviral vectors...cell, so there’s unavoidable heterogeneity between clones. This can complicate comparisons made between samples...between a vector and chromosomal DNA. PB has a cloning capacity of ~9-14 kb. This system is transfected...generating iPSCs by plasmid transfection where 2 of 11 clones tested had plasmid integration. Another challenge...for iPSCs Characterization
Once generating iPSC clones, it’s important to determine how stem cell-like...