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Scientists transferred a memory from one snail to another. 

May 20, 2018

The work needs to be replicated, but if confirmed it flies in the face of the long-accepted view that memory is stored in synapses between neurons. Instead, this research points to memory being stored in RNA. | learn more

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Gene-editing tool CRISPR can now edit RNA too. 

November 19, 2017

“RNA is constantly being made and recycled inside cells, so an RNA edit is not permanent. … That makes the whole process safer. If you edit RNA and make a mistake, for instance, the faulty RNA will be degraded likely […]

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Octopuses can edit their own genes. 

May 7, 2017

Through a process called RNA editing, cephalopods are able to edit their genomes in 11,000 different places. | lean more

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