Sensory Neurons
The best way to study something is usually to look at it directly, but that can be difficult when it comes to studying nerve cells. That’s why a team of NIH researchers developed a way to take cells from an animal’s or person’s skin and turn them into stem cells, which can then be coaxed to develop into sensory neurons like this one. The process enables researchers to directly examine the behavior of neurons with the same #genes as the skin cells’ original donor.
Credit: NCCIH/NIH
Sensory Neurons
The best way to study something is usually to look at it directly, but that can be difficult when it comes to studying nerve cells. That’s why a team of NIH researchers developed a way to take cells from an animal’s or person’s skin and turn them into stem cells, which can then be coaxed to develop into sensory neurons like this one. The process enables researchers to directly examine the behavior of neurons with the same #genes as the skin cells’ original donor.
Credit: NCCIH/NIH