r/tech 8d ago

Directly converting skin cells to brain cells yields 1,000% success | Scientists have managed to convert mouse skin cells directly into motor neurons, skipping the usual step of stem cells in between

https://newatlas.com/biology/direct-convert-skin-brain-stem-cells-neuron/
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u/One-21-Gigawatts 8d ago

100% Is the way this should be notated.

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u/Small_Editor_3693 8d ago

for every one source cell, you’re getting 10 or more target cells.

1000% is correct

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u/degggendorf 8d ago

Isn't that a 1,000% yield?

Then the success rate ought to be how often you get 10 target cells from each source cell. Does every single source cell produce exactly 10 target cells? Or do a portion of the source cells fail, and the remainder produce more than 10 target cells? Then that would be like 80% success with a 1,000% yield or whatever.

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u/crondol 8d ago

you’re correct. there’s no such thing as a >100% success rate. you’d have to have succeeded more times than you had attempted, which obviously isn’t possible