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You said it's burying the lede but the "stun" is right there in the headline.

I'm confused what you think the lede for this story should be?

It is currently about designer proteins. But the designer proteins are not the "stunning" aspect of this. Using genetically engineered retroviruses to genetically engineer brain tissues in living humans is. It would be stunning even without any novel proteins being involved.

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