Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But ...

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

Scientists discover "electric spiking" communication in previously thought to be mute cells, paving the way for bioelectric ...

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

A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) led by Dr. Andrés Hidalgo has discovered a ...

Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord injuries ...

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“We were able to get to yields where we could ask questions about whether these cells can be viable candidates for the cell ...

Researchers discovered that epithelial cells that line human skin are able to communicate danger to the body through a silent ...

Working with mouse cells, the researchers developed a highly efficient conversion method that can produce more than 10 ...

A new process for converting skin cells to neurons directly could make it easier to develop therapies for neurodegenerative disorders.