Transformation Of Skin Cells Into Neurons Directly

     A researcher team of doctors in California said that they had they got success in transformation of skin cells into active neurons directly. The scientists have prepared such cells from  a genetic child that funtion just like neurons.  The technique was primarily tested on mice. A report published in a journal "Nature" scietists can use this success in neurological research. It may help in preparing the neurons for transplanting . Before this new technique, the skin cells were first re-programed to stem cells and after that neurons could be prepared, but in this latest method the skin cells are changed to neurons directly. Assistant professor of Pathology in the Satan ford University School of Medicine in California said that it was known to every one before that a specialized cell could be changed to back to stem cell called ' Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPS). However, no body knew that a specialized cell sent to any other direction instead of sending back. Associate Professor, Jim Hotez of Washington University School of Medicine says that this research is very important. Though it has been tested on mice but there is a possibilty of its suuccess in human beings too.One day would come when these newly prepared neurons could be transplanted in the patients suffering from neurological disease.