Researchers Generate Functional Neurons From Somatic Cells
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 22:21
in Biology & Nature
In a new study, researchers were able to generate functionally mature motor neurons from induced pluripotent stem cells, which are engineered from adult somatic cells and can differentiate into most other cell types.
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