A Biotech Magic Trick: Skin Cells Transformed Directly Into Brain Cells

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By Andrew Moseman
Jan 29, 2010 4:11 AMNov 19, 2019 9:52 PM
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Cells just keep surprising us. Researchers have now found that, with a little genetic tweaking, they can transform skin cells into brain cells without having to first reprogram them to act like multipurpose stem cells. This finding, the first of its kind, is in this week's edition of the journal Nature. The researchers did their study on mice.

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