Breaking Down BRCA1 (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Breaking Down BRCA1

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Scientists reduced levels of BRCA1 in mouse brains and in neurons in a dish to investigate the role of the protein in dementia.

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Image courtesy of Lennart Mucke, University of California, San Francisco.

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