Skin stem cells used to generate new brain cells

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 09:32 in Biology & Nature

Using human skin cells, neurobiologists have created a method to generate one of the principle cell types of the brain called microglia, which play a key role in preserving the function of neural networks and responding to injury and disease.

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