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Crossing Boundaries: Direct Programming of Fibroblasts into Neurons

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CELL STEM CELL
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 189-191

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2010.02.004

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In a recent paper in Nature, Vierbuchen et al. (2010) show that fibroblasts can be directly converted into functional neurons by defined factors. This finding sheds new light on the biology underlying cell-fate restrictions and might offer a new avenue for studying neurological diseases.

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