Efficient Process Using microRNA Converts Human Skin Cells into Neurons
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
The addition of two particular gene snippets to a skin cell's usual genetic material is enough to turn that cell into a fully functional neuron, report researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding, to be published online July 13 in Nature, is one of just a few recent reports of ways to create human neurons in a lab dish.
Source: Stanford University Medical Center
Contact: Rosanne Spector
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