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.