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Misfolded α-synuclein proteins promote the spread of Parkinson’s pathology in mouse brains.
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Record fish die-offs in the Midwest call for a fresh look at how humans are disrupting the planet’s essential water cycle.
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.
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