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Rachel M Agoglia1, Danqiong Sun2, Fikri Birey3

  • 1Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

Nature
|March 18, 2021
PubMed
まとめ

科学者たちはヒトとチンパンジーの幹細胞を融合させ ハイブリッドなオルガノイドを作り出し 脳の発達における重要な遺伝的違いを明らかにし 神経精神疾患に関連したヒト特有の遺伝子を特定しました

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