Fluorescent neural cells from monkey skin mature into several types of brain cells in monkeys
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
For the first time, scientists have transplanted neural cells derived from a monkey's skin into its brain and watched the cells develop into several types of mature brain cells, according to a new study. After six months, the cells looked entirely normal, and were only detectable because they initially were tagged with a fluorescent protein.