Inducing cellular aging: enabling neurodegeneration-in-a-dish.

Brennand, Kristen J · Cell Stem Cell · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The immaturity of neurons differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) presents difficulties for modeling late-onset neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Now, Miller et al. (2013) provide a strategy for inducing aging-related phenotypes in hiPSC-derived neurons, enabling in vitro study of late-onset neurodegenerative diseases.

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