The people behind the papers – Maurício Rocha-Martins and Mariana Silveira
| Autor: | Maurício Rocha-Martins |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Development. 146 |
| ISSN: | 1477-9129 0950-1991 |
| Popis: | Retinal ganglion cells connect the retina to the brain, and their degeneration underlies glaucoma, which is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in humans and currently untreatable. Replacement of lost cells could be achieved by in vivo reprogramming of endogenous cells in the retina, a strategy explored by authors of a new paper in Development who focus on a transcription factor renowned for its reprogramming ability in other contexts. We caught up with first author Maurício Rocha-Martins and his former supervisor Mariana Silveira, Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, to find out more about the story. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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