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Home | News | Editing the genome with Neville Sanjana

Editing the genome with Neville Sanjana

Anne Trafton | June 4, 2015May 24, 2023

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Neville Sanjana is using genome editing tools to understand brain disorders like autism and schizophrenia.

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Leslie Vosshall awarded the 2025 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience

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