Nerve stem cells coaxed into working nerve cells

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Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a number of small compounds that stimulate nerve stem cells to develop into nerve cells. They synthesized a version that they are calling isoxazole-9, or ISX-9. This compound seems to have applications in nerve damage and brain cancer chemotheryapy.

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