Highly efficient differentiation and enrichment of spinal motor neurons derived from human and monkey embryonic stem cells.

BACKGROUND: There are no cures or efficacious treatments for severe motor neuron diseases. It is extremely difficult to obtain naïve spinal motor neurons (sMNs) from human tissues for research due to both technical and ethical reasons. Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are alternative sources. Seve...

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Main Authors: Tamaki Wada, Makoto Honda, Itsunari Minami, Norie Tooi, Yuji Amagai, Norio Nakatsuji, Kazuhiro Aiba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2726947?pdf=render