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A brain cell called an astrocyte can influence how animals sleep, say #UCSF scientists. The findings could help our understanding of sleep disorders and brain diseases linked to sleep disturbances, like Alzheimer’s and other dementias. https://t.co/xRJ5bO3hIj
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“We predict that correcting 20% of the genes should be sufficient to out-compete the native sickle cells,” says @UCSFBenioffOAK pediatrician Dr. Mark Walters of the upcoming trial using #CRISPR to correct genes in #SickleCellDisease patients. ▶ https://t.co/CgUltbTxSq #SCD
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"When a large number of younger people are infected, some proportion of them die. And that is what we're seeing with the case of Latinos and deaths under age 65 during this pandemic." —Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, UCSF https://t.co/my2QT9Eoj2
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