Sheng Ding, PhD (center), with Deepak Srivastava, MD (right), co-senior author of Science study, and Yadong Huang, MD, PhD (left), co-senior author Cell Stem Cell study.
In a major breakthrough, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, led by UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Sheng Ding, PhD, have transformed skin cells into heart and brain cells using combinations of chemicals.
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