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MIT scientists convert skin cells into neurons, could transform brain, spinal cord repair
A new technique developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology helps convert skin cells into neurons without needing ...
MIT engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy
MIT 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 ...
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Neurons gather together for vision
As in larger brains, mouse visual cortex neurons with the same function cluster in columns. For over 50 years, it has been known that in the cerebral cortex of many mammals, neurons with the same ...
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Scientists create 'woolly mouse' by looking at mean genes from the Pleistocene
By successfully modifying seven genes simultaneously, genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences created mice with ...
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Motor unit mechanisms of speed control in mouse locomotion
This valuable study characterises the activity of motor units from two of the three anatomical subdivisions ("heads") of the triceps muscle while mice walked on a treadmill at various speeds. Although ...
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Neurons Simplify Visual Signals by Responding to Only One Retina
Learn about our Editorial Policies. The paper J. Bauer et al., “Limited functional convergence of eye-specific inputs in the retinogeniculate pathway of the mouse,” Neuron, 109:2457–68.e12, 2021. Mice ...