Three-dimensional brain-like microenvironments facilitate the direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into therapeutic neurons
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE114809 | GEO | 2018/07/01
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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