Scientists have developed a breakthrough technique to directly convert skin cells into neurons, bypassing the need for stem ...

Converting one type of cell to another - for example, a skin cell to a neuron - can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a "pluripotent" stem cell, then ...

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About 20 years ago, scientists discovered that skin cells could be converted into pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can ...

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In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...

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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have now devised a simplified process that bypasses the stem cell stage, converting a skin cell directly into a neuron.