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Saturday 9 March 2013

Mice Grafted With Human Brain Cells Show Improved Learning Ability

In a recent research, scientists had grafted glia cells, a type of human brain cells, into the brains of baby mice and found that the implanted human cells developed inside the brains of the mice and made them smarter. The mice with mutated brain cells were found to learn to escape traps at a faster rate when compared with their counterparts with normal brain. Astrocytes, a type of glial cells, were initially thought to be mere support cells without transporting ...


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