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- noun A creature that is not a
mammal .
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non- + mammal
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But even if those succeed, introducing a protein like channelrhodopsin from a nonmammal species could set off a dangerous immune reaction in humans, warned Dr. Howard Federoff, a neuroscientist at Georgetown University and chairman of the National Institutes of Health committee that reviews all gene-therapy clinical trial protocols in the United States.
The Beam that Flips the Switch for Autistism | Impact Lab 2007
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