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These neurons are derived from mouse embryonic stem cells. Red shows cells making a protein called TH that is characteristic of the neurons that degenerate in Parkinson's disease. Green indicates a protein that's found in all neurons. Blue indicates the nuclei of all cells. Studying dopaminergic neurons can help researchers understand the origins of Parkinson's disease and could be used to screen potential new drugs. Image and caption information courtesy of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Related to images 3270 and 3285.
Yaping Sun, lab of Su Guo, University of California, San Francisco, via CIRM
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