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  • ALS is often referred to as a neurodegenerative disease because it affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
  • Alzheimer's Disease many years later, one of a number of my personal reasons for becoming interested in neurodegenerative disorders.
  • Dr. Blackburn and her team are now exploring the potential role that the enzyme could eventually play in neurodegenerative and other age-related disorders.
  • This type of marginalization is perpetuated by the phrase in the fundraiser which calls neurodegenerative diseases “crimes.”
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