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Scientists reveal secrets of Homer's Cyclops to help people with Holoprosencephaly

Homer's Cyclops might be myth, but a disorder that can cause babies to be born with only one eye is very real. Scientists from Cleveland, Ohio, and Paris, France, reached an important milestone in understanding one of the molecular causes of a rare, but serious birth defect, Holoprosencephaly. In a study to appear in the February issue of The FASEB Journal, researchers describe findings that hel...
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