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Axolotl regeneration and Alzheimer's disease: A conceptual model

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  • Zhiyin Xu Torrey Pines High School

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58445/rars.3460

Keywords:

Axolotl regeneration, Alzheimer's disease

Abstract

How do the regenerative properties of axolotl influence changing over neurodegeneration of Alzheimer’s disease? 

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