Making Neurons from Skin Cells (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Making Neurons from Skin Cells

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This diagram shows the process by which scientists can take skin cells from patients with epilepsy, convert them to stem cells, and then create neurons (brain nerve cells) from them. The induced neurons contain the same genetic mutation(s) carried by the patients.

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Parent lab, University of Michigan Medical School

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