Scientists create brain cells from human urine
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Posted: 12/11/2012
(CNN) - China researchers have found a way to transform human urine into brain cells.
They were able to re-program kidney cells harvested from urine samples into immature versions of brain cells, called neutral progenitor cells.
The technique could be used to treat brain-attacking diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
The research appears in the Journal of Nature Methods.
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