Tag: fibroblasts

  • Nation & World

    From skin cells to motor neurons

    Harvard stem cell researchers have succeeded in reprogramming adult mouse skin cells directly into the type of motor neurons damaged in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, best known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and spinal muscular atrophy.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Safer stem cells for therapy

    When stem cell researchers in Japan and the United States announced in 2007 that they had developed long-sought methods to return fully developed adult human cells to an embryonic-like state, the world of stem cell research was turned upside down.

    12 minutes