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Common HIV treatments may aid Alzheimer’s disease patients

Common HIV treatments may aid Alzheimer’s disease patients

By Sanford Burnham Prebys - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys uncover beneficial links between certain HIV drugs and Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) currently afflicts nearly seven million people in the U.S. With this number expected to grow to nearly...

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How Brain Stem Cells Avoid Identity Conflicts

How Brain Stem Cells Avoid Identity Conflicts

by Elena Garrido - Neuroscience News - Researchers uncovered a crucial mechanism in brain stem cells that prevents identity conflicts during gene expression, enabling these cells to maintain stemness while being primed for neuronal differentiation. The team found that...

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‘ChatGPT for CRISPR’ creates new gene-editing tools

ChatGPT for CRISPR creates new gene-editing tools

By Ewen Callaway - Nature - Some of the AI-designed gene editors could be more versatile than those found in nature. In the never-ending quest to discover previously unknown CRISPR gene-editing systems, researchers have scoured microbes in everything from hot springs...

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