37and selective vulnerability. The self-organizing culture technique that differentiates
hPSCs into cerebellar neurons will become a powerful tool for investigating intrac-
table cerebellar disease.
Acknowledgment This work is supported by grants-in-aid from Ministry of Health, Labour, and
Welfare; grant-in-aid for scientific research (C) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS); and the Core Program for Disease Modeling using iPS cells from JST and AMED.
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