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HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams	Releasing the Brakes on Cell Fate Converting one cell type directly into another is a kind of modern-day alchemy, an ultimate goal in biological research. But unlike turning base metals into gold, changing a cell's identity is feasible, new research shows.
HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Jim Schnabel	Oxygen on the Brain An ancient cellular program to protect cells when oxygen is low seems crucial for the production of new brain cells.
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Scientific American March 2007 Alison Snyder	Sight for Sore Eyes Having generated a cell source and overcome the safety concerns associated with transplanting stem cells, researchers still face possibly their biggest challenge: showing that the transplanted photoreceptors wire up to other neurons that eventually connect to the optic nerves.
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HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Richard Saltus	Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures Thinking big but starting small, Sangeeta Bhatia is closing in on her ambitious goal: growing human livers in the lab from scratch.
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