《自然》杂志网站5月26日报道,美国斯坦福大学医学院的科学家表示,只需要朝人类的皮肤细胞中添加四种蛋白质,在4至5周内,就能直接变成功能性神经元。最新技术不再需要首先制造出诱导多功能干细胞,使科学家更容易在实验室培养皿中制造出用于研究的神经元,或许未来还可应用于人类疾病的治疗。 The Nature Web site reported on May 26 that scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine in the United States said that they only need to add four proteins to human skin cells and turn directly into functional neurons within four to five weeks. The latest technology no longer needs to first create induced pluripotent stem cells, making it easier for scientists to create neurons for research in laboratory dishes, and perhaps for the future treatment of human diseases.