<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>In the current issue of the journal Nature researchers report they have turned adult skin cells directly into neurons without going through the intermediate stage of stem cells. The neurons even formed synapses with each other. Great stuff!</div><div><br></div><div> John K Clark</div><div><br></div></body></html>