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Building the Brain Requires Millions of Dangerous DNA Breaks

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Building the Brain Requires Millions of Dangerous DNA Breaks
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Scientists discovered that building a healthy brain involves an unexpected step: young neurons routinely break and rapidly repair their own DNA. As the brain develops, newly formed nerve cells must travel through tightly packed tissue to reach the locations where they will become part of the brain’s neural networks. That demanding journey turns out to [...]

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