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TWiN 73: The price of a bigger brain
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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Expansion of outer cortical CUX2 neurons requires adaptations for DNA repair (Nature)
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