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TWiN 8: Replacing lost neurons

  • July 7, 2020
  • Tagged as: astrocytes, CRISPR, dopamine, gene editing, glial cells, neurology, neurons, neuroscience, neurotransmitter

TWiN explains how neurological disease in mice can be repaired by using CRISPR/Cas to knock down levels of a single cell protein, which converts astrocytes to neurons.

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