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https://dev.news.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hypothalmicneurons_1.jpg605403Collaborating with scientists elsewhere, Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers have devised two methods for using stem cells to generate the type of neurons that help regulate behavioral and basic physiological functions in the human body, such as obesity and hypertension, sleep, mood, and some social disorders.