How stem cells make a human brain.

Our brains have a variety of different cells. We often here of neurons. There are also astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. Understanding how stem cells differentiate into the various cells can help us understand why development sometimes goes wrong and leads to diseases. The specificity with which they followed specific cells was groundbreaking. However, the human brain cells were transplanted into mice, so might not be representative of typical human development. ~ learn more