Memory Gene Acts like a Virus (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Memory Gene Acts like a Virus

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Two independent teams of NIH-funded researchers discovered that the Arc gene can package its genetic material in a virus-like shell for delivery to nearby cells.

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