This Week in Neuroscience

TWiN 73: The price of a bigger brain

June 25 · 1 hr 26 min · Episode 73 · 52.6 MB
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TWiN unpacks a striking paradox, that the very cell divisions that built the human brain's most advanced layers also put them at greatest risk, and how a dedicated DNA repair pathway saves them.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung

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