From: Ed Boyden, ██████████ <███████████>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 3:54 PM
To: Joichi Ito
Cc: ████████; Jeffrey Epstein; Nowak, Martin
Subject: Re:

Very interesting!

In the brain t=ere are countless "handshakes" -- one cell releases a messenger,=another receives it -- that cause the guidance of neurons in very specific=patterns. Some neurons also bear, on their surfaces, receptors that =alk to receptors on other cells. For example, Drosophila splice one =ene into 30,000 kinds, which then help neurons connect up in specific ways=

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pi/S0092867404007962

<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art=cle/pii/S0092867404007962>

Best,
Ed
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On Sat, Jul 8= 2017 at 5:55 PM, Joichi Ito < <mailt » > wrote: =blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:lp= flccc solid;padding-left:lex"> Nice.

So do we understand how the genomes encodes these things? =s there a common language genetically?

- Joi



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On Jul 8, 20=7, at 4:41 PM, ████████ <████████ <mailto:████████>> > wrote:

Striking. And see ph=to --

Tree, brain vasculature

On Jul 8, 2017, a= 10:18 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com> > wrote:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07=170706143153.htm
<https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/17070614315=.htm>

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