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Re:An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness by jfarlow on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @02:00PM (#17240322)
It's been talked about a few times on HN already, but it's a very interesting protein. It suggests a genetic delivery mechanism that is already in the body - and thus doesn't invoke a lot of the immunogenic properties of using viruses for gene therapies.

If you want to play with the Arc protein check it out here: https://serotiny.bio/notes/proteins/arc/

Re:An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness by QueensGambit on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @02:03PM (#17240357)
Can you please point me to the earlier HN thread on this?
Re:An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness by thismachine on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @02:25PM (#17240592)