Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Feasibility, Validation and Differentiation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Produced From Patients With Heritable Retinoblastoma
Brief Summary:
The goal of this study is to determine if human RB1-deficient induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can produce retina, and, furthermore, can give rise to retinoblastoma in culture. This unique opportunity to study the initiation of retinoblastoma in the developing retina will shed light on the cell of origin for retinoblastoma and allow the investigators to study the earliest molecular and cellular events in retinoblastoma tumorigenesis.
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