Stem Cells: Programming and Personalized Medicine

This video provides a nice overview of the history of stem cell related research, including the development of induced pluripotent stems cells and the challenges to moving forward with personalized medical treatments and using induced pluripotent stems cells for therapies.

Here's an excerpt from the MIT World web site:

After years of relentless lab work, rising and falling expectations, and the challenge of a sometimes hostile public, Rudolf Jaenisch says, “The scenario that looked like a fantasy … has come closer to reality. We can study complex human diseases in a Petri dish and potentially contribute to therapy.” In this lecture, Jaenisch describes the history of stem cell research and recent progress -- a story in which he has played a central role.