Illuminating hPSC-derived Sensory Neurons

About this episode

The episode discusses the advancements in deriving and studying sensory neurons from human pluripotent stem cells.

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are transforming the study of biology and disease by enabling scientists to grow large amounts of specific cell types in the lab that were once difficult to obtain. Our guests today focus on improving the derivation and study of sensory neurons, which are sparse and diverse nerve cells near the spine that carry information like pain, touch, or position of the body to the brain. Damage to these neurons or sensory neuropathies, as can happen in diabetes or i...

People in this episode

Host: Janet Rossant

Topics covered

• human pluripotent stem cells
• sensory neurons
• biological research
• neuropathy
• pain sensation

Keywords

• hPSCs
• sensory neurons
• nerve cells
• biological study
• neuropathy
• pain
• touch
• body position

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Organizations: ISSCR

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