Neurons Controlling Appetite Made from Skin Cells (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Neurons Controlling Appetite Made from Skin Cells

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Columbia researchers have developed a method to generate hypothalamic-like neurons from human pluripotent stem cells. The hypothalamic cells, which are ordinarily inaccessible for direct investigation, will help the researchers study obesity.

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Laboratory of Rudolph Leibel

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