Wednesday, June 4, 2008

cool science

check out this cool nature paper describing a method for uptake of charged nucleotides by early proto-cells allowing them to undergo replication in the absence of complex macromolecules. pretty awesome stuff.

also, someone has used neural stem cells to restore myelination of myelin-deficient mice!!! awesome stuff. check out the summary in nature news or the actual article in cell stem cell. on the left: red tagged descendants of transferred stem cells delineating their spread throughout the entire nervous system.

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