Transcription factors offer a 'recipe' approach to cell reprogramming where the minimum number of transcription factors required to convert a stem cell to a specific neuron type can be identified by examining which transcription factors that target cell type expresses, then testing whether expressing only those factors converts the stem cell

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George Church

Evidence Quote

You can see what transcription factors does it express at the time that it's the target? Then you say, 'Let's just try those on the stem cell and see if they work.' That recipe has worked quite well.

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A billion years of evolution in a single afternoon — George ChurchDwarkesh Patel
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:40:03 AM

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