Possible Cure For MS Turns Common Skin Cells Into Working Brain Cells 87
An anonymous reader writes "Scientists have discovered a way to convert ordinary skin cells into myelinating cells, or brain cells that have been destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other myelin disorders. The research, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, may now enable 'on demand' production of myelinating cells, which insulate and protect neurons to facilitate the delivery of brain impulses to the rest of the body."
Re:Obligatory? (Score:0, Insightful)
In 2013 Slashdot, this drek is marked informative. Not a post about the subject. Not even a post about Microsoft. Just a post letting us know what someone else might say.
You should all be ashamed.
Cautiously Optimistic (Score:5, Insightful)