Discovery of stem cell illuminates human brain evolution, points to therapies

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 12:02 in Biology & Nature

UCSF scientists have discovered a new stem cell in the developing human brain. The cell produces nerve cells that help form the neocortex - the site of higher cognitive function - and likely accounts for the dramatic expansion of the region in the lineages that lead to man, the researchers say...

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