Brain cells made from human urine
BGc-2 cell transfected with Pumilio-EYFP, unbleached by mararie
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When a person urinates, skin shells are routinely shed from the lining in the kidney, and it's these cells that the researchers reprogrammed into stem cells, which can turn into any type of cell in the body. In this case, they transformed the cells into neurons, or brain cells. The new research, published Sunday in the journal Nature Methods, could one day provide a quicker way to make brain cells that are unique to an individual, Nature News reported. And because the technique relies on urine, which is much easier to get than blood, it could be easier to extract such cells from almost any patient, including children, Marc Lalande, a researcher at the University of Connecticut Health Center told Nature News. "It's easier to get a child to give a urine sample than to prick them for blood," Lalande said.
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Scientists have made brain cells from human pee. When a person urinates, skin shells are routinely shed from the lining in the kidney, and it's these cells that the researchers reprogrammed into stem cells, which can turn into any type of cell in the body. In this case, they transformed the cells into neurons, or brain cells.
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