iPSCs are useful when you want to run experiments in hard to obtain cell types. For example, brain cells. It’s hard to justify drilling into a person’s head to take a sample. Much easier to use some iPSCs derived from skin or fat cells.
Obviously iPSCs are cell models and not the actual cells you want, but they are usually better than immortalized cell lines or cadavers.
Obviously iPSCs are cell models and not the actual cells you want, but they are usually better than immortalized cell lines or cadavers.