TWiN 73: The price of a bigger brain

Épisode de This Week in Neuroscience par Vincent Racaniello · 25 juin 2026 · 1 h 27 min

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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