Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain's support cells ...

New research from scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) describes a process for converting skin cells directly into neurons that bypasses the induced pluripotent stem cell ...

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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain’s support cells ...