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A project mapping transcriptomes from 1.3 million brain cells to study Alzheimer’s uncovered insights into cognitive resilience and the role of astrocytes in brain function. The findings could guide future Alzheimer’s therapy development. Credit: SciTechDaily.com
Less than a decade ago, when Dr. Hansruedi Mathys launched an ambitious project to create an annotated library of all the gene readouts stored within 100 individual brain cells, the task felt daunting.
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