The foundation of life begins with a single moving cell. Responding to biochemical signals, cells contract, shift, and divide, eventually organizing into complex living organisms. Now, researchers ...

A new technique developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology helps convert skin cells into neurons without needing to transform them first into stem cells. As demonstrated in mouse cells ...

The team tested the technique by converting mouse skin cells to motor neurons. And sure enough, this resulted in a yield of over 1,000%. The resulting motor neurons were found to produce ...