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In a striking demonstration of cellular flexibility, scientists have created functioning neurons from fibroblasts, without going through an intermediate pluripotent stage, according to a study published online this week in Nature. Mouse cingulate cortex neuronsImage: Wikimedia commons"It's really exciting," said molecular geneticist Mathias Treier of the linkurl:European Molecular Biology Laboratory;http://www.embl.de/index.php and the linkurl:University of Cologne in Germany,;http://www.presso