Models of Human Disease that are Constrained by Current Animal and Cell Culture Models

Investigation of a number of human diseases is severely constrained by a lack of <!g>in vitro models. A number of pathogenic <!g>viruses including human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus grow only in human or chimpanzee cells. <!g>ES cells might provide cell and tissue types that will greatly accelerate investigation into these and other viral diseases. Current animal models of neurodegenerative diseases such as <!g>Alzheimer’s disease give only a very partial representation of the disease’s process.

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