>>14335003At least $10000
Here are the relevant papers I found:
"Human iPSC banking: barriers and opportunities" (
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819403/)
>In general, it costs US $10,000–$25,000 to generate and validate a research grade iPSC line."A cost-effective and efficient reprogramming platform for large-scale production of integration-free human induced pluripotent stem cells in chemically defined culture" (
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464084/):
>a six-sample iPSC project, including 3 controls and 3 patients, could cost more than $10,000 in reagents with one full-time researcher to generate iPSCs even before any characterization and clone selection.Integrated generation of induced pluripotent stem cells in a low-cost device (
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.10.027)
>It is estimated to cost about $50,000 to generate clinical-grade iPSCs for one patientThe business of exploiting induced pluripotent stem cells (
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130425/)
>The cost to derive three iPS cell lines in a dedicated academic facility using the current transfection method is estimated to be approximately $15 000Keep in mind, this is in a lab, where they are paying tons of money for lab worker salaries and intermediate goods. Also, they are making a lot more than you'd need for one person. But I doubt anyone could do it on their own without a lab, especially a layperson
