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Induced pluripotent stem cells meet genome editing
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It is extremely rare for a single experiment to be so impactful and timely that it shapes and forecasts the experiments of the next decade. Here, we review how two such experiments --the generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and the development of CRISPR/Cas9 technology-- have fundamentally reshaped our approach to biomedical research, stem cell biology and human genetics. We will also highlight the previous knowledge that iPSC and CRISPR/Cas9 technologies were built on as this groundwork demonstrated the need for solutions and the benefits that these technologies provided, and have set the stage for their success.