Decision Time (VIDEO)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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NIH scientists showed how turning off ancient retroviral genes, or "junk DNA", may free stem cells to become neurons. For more on this story check out: Turning off "junk DNA" may free stem cells to become neurons.

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Courtesy of Nath lab, NIH?NINDS.

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