Progress in exploring new avenues for brain repair

A research team led by Professor Magdalena Goetz and Dr Benedikt Berninger of Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) Munich, reports a major step forward in discovering a therapy for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or stroke. The researchers were able to convert glial cells of the brain into two different functional classes of neurones. The findings will publish next week in the online, open access journal PLoS Biology...

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