TWiN 8: Replacing lost neurons - a podcast by Vincent Racaniello
from 2020-07-07T18:00
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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.
Hosts: Ori Lieberman, Erin Calipari, Jason Shepherd and Vincent Racaniello
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- Converting glia to neurons (Cell)
- Reversing Parkinson's disease (Nature)
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