New research pioneers a novel method of creating microglia, immune cells in the brain and spinal cord, with “strong functional similarities” to human microglia in four days, as opposed to the 35 days it takes to obtain less fine-tuned cells in a conventional stem-cell differentiation process.

From Jenny M. Tam, Soumya Raychaudhuri, George M. Church and colleagues, co-first authors Songlei Liu, Li Li, Fan Zhang, and Mariana Garcia-Corral. Read more at HMS News.