Johnson & Johnson

Position on Human Pluripotent
Stem Cell Research
Background
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are immature unspecialized cells, derived from somatic cells
from adults, with the potential to give rise in the laboratory to virtually any cell type of the human body, and as
such offer many opportunities for advances in medicine. As a research tool, iPSCs promise to expand our
understanding of normal physiologic processes such as cell growth and differentiation. They also enable new...