title: Human induced pluripotent stem cells: now open to discovery.
abstract: Human induced pluripotent stem cells represent a promising tool for investigating the underlying causes of disease; however, this potential currently remains unfulfilled. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Yoon et al. (2014) used iPSCs derived from patients harboring common genetic risk variants as the starting point to discover novel insights into disease pathology.
authors.affiliation: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Durak
authors.affiliation: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: lhtsai@mit.edu.
authors.forename: Li-Huei
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D022005:Adherens Junctions / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D057026:Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D058953:Neural Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000378:metabolism*