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REST suppression mediates neural conversion of adult human fibroblasts via microRNA‐dependent and ‐independent pathways
23 Jun 2017
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Direct conversion of human fibroblasts into mature and functional neurons, termed induced neurons (iNs), was achieved for the first time 6 years ago. This technology offers a promising shortcut for obtaining patient- and disease-specific neurons for disease modeling, drug screening, and other biomedical applications. However, fibroblasts from adult donors do not reprogram as easily as fetal donors, and no current...
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