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Nature Biotechnology 26, 269–270 (1 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/nbt0308-269

Do amniotic fluid|[ndash]|derived stem cells differentiate into neurons in vitro?

Mauro Toselli , Elisabetta Cerbai , Ferdinando Rossi & Elena Cattaneo

To the editor: Last year, De Coppi et al. reported that amniotic fluid–derived stem (AFS) cells can yield differentiated cells that express lineage-specific markers and acquire characteristic functions in vitro. In particular, in addition to other cell types, they assert that AFS cells can give rise in vitro to neurons.