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...nn, the national ArthritisFoundation's senior vice president for medical affairs. "Hopefully in the nearfuture a medication may be available." Researchers identified the gene by first mapping its location in micewith Chediak-Higashi syndrome, sifting through piece after piece of DNA todetermine which g...Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
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