You ’ve in all probability heard of experiments where scientist create stem turn cellular phone out of other kinds of cell . Now , you’re able to actually see what that front like . Here , you could see the work of University of Cambridge neuroscientist Yichen Shi , who has turned ordinary human hide cell into neural stem cells that , in the future , we might graft into somebody ’s brain to cure disorders like Alzheimer ’s .
enunciate Shi :
[ Here are ] brain neural base cells derived from human cutis cells . These base cellular telephone express distinctive marker cistron of wit neocortical stem cells , such as Pax6 ( in red ) , and form a rosette structure resemble the transection of the neuronal tube .
The intact picture is about 250 μm across ( a really thick snatch of human hair )
Picture taken byYichen Shi in the Livesey Lab .
Voiceover by Fred Lewsey . Music byPeter Nickalls .
This is the 12th in a serial publication of videos called Under the Microscope , which io9 is send in partnership with scientist at University of Cambridge . Under the Microscope is a accumulation of TV that conquer glimpses of the innate and artificial world in stunning close - up . They will be release every Monday and Thursday for the next dyad of months , and you cansee the whole series here .
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