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Neutron induced reactions on unstable nuclei play a significant role in the nucleosynthesis of the elements in the cosmos. Their interest range from the primordial processes occurred during the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis up to the “stellar cauldrons” where neutron capture reactions build up heavy elements. In the last years, several efforts have been made to investigate the possibility of applying the Trojan Horse Method (THM) to neutron induced reactions mostly by using deuteron as “TH-nucleus”. Here, the main advantages of using THM will be given together with a more focused discussion on the 7Be-neutron induced reactions recently studied for BBN applications, being these the first THM cross section measurements for neutron induced reactions induced by radioactive nuclei. The experiment performed at INFN-LNL (Italy) and the one performed at CRIB-Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) will be discussed. These applications could open new frontiers in the application of the method (i.e. the study of 7Be+d or 11C+alpha reactions) extending its range of applicability for contributing to astrophysically relevant problems.