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The research developed by scientists at Skoltech Insitute of Science and Technology resulted in a mathematical model that ...

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Dominika Pilat, PhD, and Ana Griciuc, PhD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Neuron, "The Gain-of-Function ...