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[News] Discovery of Stem Cell Illuminates Human Brain Evolution, Points to Therapies


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Discovery of Stem Cell Illuminates Human Brain Evolution, Points to Therapies

 

ScienceDaily (May 25, 2010) — UCSF scientists have discovered a new stem cell in the developing human brain. The cell produces nerve cells that help form the neocortex -- the site of higher cognitive function -- and likely accounts for the dramatic expansion of the region in the lineages that lead to humans, the researchers say.

 

Discovery of stem cell illuminates human brain evolution, points to therapies

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