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Article: Researchers produce motor neurons from embryonic stem cells.
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- Stem Cell Week
- Article date:
- August 12, 2002
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2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Beginning with cultured mouse embryonic stem cells, researchers have administered a precise mix of chemical signals to coax the cells to differentiate into functioning motor neurons.
The achievement was made possible by a decade of work in deciphering the signals that trigger differentiation of motor neurons, which are responsible for controlling the movement of muscles. The experiments represent an important step in applying that knowledge to grow functioning neurons from stem cells - undifferentiated cells that have the potential to become many different types of adult cells.
According to the researchers, the ...