Patient in a Dish: Toxicologists Embrace Stem Cells

摘要

Pharmaceutical researchers live with a recurring nightmare. After spending years and billions of dollars developing a new drug, carefully shepherding it through preclinical and clinical trials, and finally receiving government approval to deliver it to patients, the compound suddenly starts hurting some of the people it was supposed to help. The promise of a new therapy collapses instantly into a morass of lost research investments and litigation.