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Salk Institute

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Human blood cells following reduced expression of the gene DNMT3A. The cell nuclei (large green structures) inside the cytoplasmic protein (red). Some mitochondrial DNA (small green dots) has escaped into the cytoplasm, inducing an inflammatory response.

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Isidoro Cobo of UC San Diego

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