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Spectrum: Autism Research News

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Flora Vaccarino

Professor, Yale University

March 2013

Promise and pitfalls of induced stem cells for autism

by ,  /  26 March 2013

Induced pluripotent stem cells, which have the ability to become any cell type, including neurons, offer a powerful way to study neuropsychiatric disorders. But for this approach to reach its full potential, researchers must first address several challenges, such as variability between cell lines, say Flora Vaccarino and Jessica Mariani.

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