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Scientists discover neurons must break their DNA to build the brain

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Researchers identified that developing neurons sustain severe double-strand DNA breaks while migrating through tight brain spaces, and discovered the young brain has evolved an immediate repair mechanism to fix this damage—advancing understanding of neural development and brain resilience.

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