<h1 class="western"><font size="5" style="font-size: 20pt"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226837.php">Neurons
Created Directly From Skin Cells Of Humans</a></font></h1>
<p>Main Category: <a href="file:///sections/stem_cell/">Stem Cell
Research</a><br>Also Included In: <a href="file:///sections/neurology/">Neurology
/ Neuroscience</a><br>Article Date: 30 May 2011 - 0:00 PDT<br><br></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">The New York Stem Cell
Foundation (NYSCF) - a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing
cures for major diseases through <a href="file:///info/stem_cell/">stem
cell</a> research - has applauded the announcement by Stanford
University scientists, led by NYSCF - Robertson Investigator Dr.
Marius Wernig, that they directly converted skin cells of humans into
functional neurons. These neurons will allow researchers to study
neural diseases with the ultimate goal of developing more effective
treatments and cures. <br><br>In a paper published in the online
edition of the journal <i>Nature,</i> Dr. Wernig and colleagues
reported that they created functional neurons from skin cells by the
addition of four proteins. Recent work has shown that with four
factors, somatic cells can be reprogrammed into a pluripotent state
and then differentiated into various cell types. This newly published
work skips the step of creating induced pluripotent stem cells that
are often tumorigenic. <br><br>"This remarkable advancement by
an inaugural member of our NYSCF - Robertson Investigator program
makes this an exciting time of rapid progress for stem cell science,"
said Susan L. Solomon, CEO of The New York Stem Cell Foundation. "It
is imperative that we continue to encourage and support stem cell
research in whatever form it takes, including both iPS reprogramming
and human embryonic stem cell research. The search for cures is too
important to close off any avenue that scientists believe is leading
us closer to that goal." <br><br>"Dr. Wernig and his
colleagues have provided researchers with critical tools we need as
we seek to understand how diseases work and how we can prevent their
progression," said Dr. Kevin Eggan, Chief Scientific Officer of
The New York Stem Cell Foundation. <br><br>Source: <br>David McKeon
<br>New York Stem Cell Foundation</p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">"</p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Computers worden tzt vervangen door netwerken van neurons (van huidcellen)? </p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">
Henk Elegeert</p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><br></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><br></p>