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First-of-its-kind noninvasive CRISPR method knocks out anxiety gene

First-of-its-kind noninvasive CRISPR method knocks out anxiety gene

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Really interesting animal model, but holy crap does knocking out neurotransmitter receptor genes in a brain in vivo sound terrifying.

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Yeah, absolutely not the first thing I'd choose as a target.

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