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Humans\u2019 Big Brains Might Be Due in Part to Newly Identified Protein<\/a><\/h2>\n
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A protein that may partly explain why human brains are larger than those of other animals has been identified by scientists from two stem-cell labs at UC San Francisco, in research published in the November 13, 2014 issue of Nature.<\/p>\n

Key experiments by the UCSF researchers revealed that the protein, called PDGFD, is made in growing brains of humans, but not in mice, and appears necessary for normal proliferation of human brain stem cells growing in a lab dish.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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