Bacterial protein can help convert stem cells into neurons
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 15:10
in Biology & Nature
As the recipe book for turning stem cells into other types of cells keeps growing larger, the search for the perfect, therapeutically relevant blend of differentiation factors is revealing some interesting biology. A new study, for example, found that a protein in E. coli bacteria combined with small molecules can act synergistically to push pluripotent cells into functional neurons.