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Reprogramming the diseased brain

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Direct conversion of astrocytes to dopamine neurons in vivo offers fresh optimism for the development of improved Parkinson's disease therapies.

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  1. Stephen B. Dunnett and Anne E. Rosser are in The Brain Repair Group, Cardiff University School of Biosciences, Cardiff, Wales, UK.,

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Dunnett, S., Rosser, A. Reprogramming the diseased brain. Nat Biotechnol 35, 426–428 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3869

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