Junk Time (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Junk Time

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NIH scientists showed how ancient retroviral genes, or "junk DNA", may play a role in helping stem cells decide to become neurons.

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Courtesy of Nath lab, NIH/NINDS.

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