A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak ... but humans have a unique variant. Yoko Tajima, a postdoctoral associate in Darnell's lab, led an effort ...

Putting the uniquely human version of a certain gene into mice changed the way that ... but humans have a unique variant. Yoko Tajima, a postdoctoral associate in Darnell's lab, led an effort ...

He was interested in a different gene called NOVA1, which he has studied for over two decades. NOVA1 is active in the brain, where it produces a protein that can affect the activity of other genes.