Astrocytes and Reduced Myelin (IMAGE)

City of Hope

Astrocytes and Reduced Myelin

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An Alexander disease patient's stem cell-derived astrocytes (green) inhibits the growth of precursor cells that become myelin and speed up the brain's communication network.

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Yanhong Shi/City of Hope

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