Induced pluripotent stem cells, like human embryonic stem cells, can differentiate into almost any cell in the body, and therefore hold great promise in the field of regenerative medicine. Human embryonic stem cells, or hESCs, are obtained from pre-implantation embryos, whereas fully differentiated somatic cells are used to generate induced pluripotent stem cells, which are also referred to as iPSCs. In this video, you are going to learn about the basic principles behind generating iPSCs, a step-by-step p…