Lennart Mucke, Gladstone Institutes (IMAGE)

Gladstone Institutes

Lennart Mucke, Gladstone Institutes

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Dr. Mucke and his team have found that a type of DNA damage previously thought to be particularly detrimental to neurons -- is actually part of normal brain functions, such as learning.

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Gladstone Institutes/Chris Goodfellow

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