Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse ...

One of the most amazing things to happen in biology in the last couple of years is cellular reprogramming. We learned how to convert one type of cell into another. In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka made a ...

About 20 years ago, scientists discovered that skin cells could be converted into pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can ...

Researchers at MIT have devised a simplified process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron. The new method bypasses ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example ... this approach could enable the generation of large quantities of motor neurons, which could potentially be used to treat patients with ...

Scientists have developed a new method that can grow motor neurons from skin cells, which may serve as a platform for ALS ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough technique to directly convert skin cells into neurons, bypassing the need for stem ...

Neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex process different types of sensory information ... Previous research emphasized the role of motor cortical regions in movement-related processing ...

A new process for converting skin cells to neurons directly could make it easier to develop therapies for neurodegenerative disorders.

UCLA Health researchers say study findings uncover Huntington's disease mechanisms and pave new ways to develop treatments.