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degenerating



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"Perhaps they can add new brain cells to a network that is degenerating," Salta says.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

Not to get too philosophical, but everything alive is degenerating.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

“All of this has been degenerating for a long time,” Melgar said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2025

That level of organization and conservation of DNA suggests the Y chromosome isn’t degenerating into obsolescence, Jobling says.

From Science Magazine Aug. 23, 2023

“You ought to know, sir, that all animals increase, instead of degenerating in size, by being transplanted to domestic life.”

From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables



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