Stem Cell Technology: First Neurons Created From ALS Patient's Skin Cells
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 20:28
in Biology & Nature
Harvard and Columbia scientists have for the first time used a new technique to transform an ALS patient's skin cells into motor neurons, a process that may be used in the future to create tailor-made cells to treat the debilitating disease.
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