Thursday, May 26, 2011

Scientists turn human skin cells directly into neurons, skipping IPS stage

ScienceDaily: Latest Science News
Human skin cells can be converted directly into functional neurons in a period of four to five weeks with the addition of just four proteins, according to a new study. The finding is significant because it bypasses the need to first create induced pluripotent stem cells, and may make it much easier to generate patient- or disease-specific neurons for study in a laboratory dish.
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