Using iPS Cells to Study Psychiatric Disorders (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Using iPS Cells to Study Psychiatric Disorders

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Human induced pluripotent stem cells (top left) can be coaxed to become neural progenitor cells (top right) and then neurons (bottom) for modeling human brain development and psychiatric disorders.

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Zhexing Wen and Guo-li Ming, Johns Hopkins University

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