Science Bulletins: Scientists Generate Brain Cells
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Channel: American Museum of Natural History · 2012 · Science & Technology
For the first time, researchers have converted one type of mature cell directly into another. Stanford University scientists used a technique that was developed for the conversion of adult cells to stem cells, but in this instance, they did not use stem cells as an interim step. The findings were reported in a recent issue of the journal Nature.
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