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Medical News | Medical Articles | Using Human iPSC Sensory Neurons Progenitors as a Model for Pain

	April 11, 2019
	Dermatology
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Using Human iPSC Sensory Neurons Progenitors as a Model for Pain

New developments in stem cell biology mean that researchers can now use sensory neurons, created from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), to produce physiologically-relevant human cell culture models. These models can be used to find and to research pain mechanisms and develop new drugs and cosmetics.

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