Dopaminergic Neurons (IMAGE)

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Dopaminergic Neurons

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Dopaminergic neurons growing in a culture dish (20x magnification). A skin biopsy from a patient with Parkinson's disease was reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem cells. The stem cells were then differentiated into dopaminergic neurons (green), the same cells that are lost in Parkinson's disease patients. Work is under way to use these cells as a replacement for lost neurons as a treatment for the disease.

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Aspen Neuroscience

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