For many – if not all – of us, cognitive enhancement is desirable, but agents that would truly improve memory are hard to find. Unexpectedly, the product of an imprinted gene emerges as a promising candidate. See Article p.491
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Gräff, J., Tsai, LH. A molecular memory booster. Nature 469, 474–475 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/469474a
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