degeneration
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In the United States, age-related macular degeneration is one of the most common causes of permanent vision loss in adults who are 60 and older.
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Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish—retained critical and popular esteem, but most were ignored by middle-class tastemakers or maligned as conduits of cultural degeneration.
Dear affirmed the study's value lies not only in what it revealed about cell protein degeneration, but also in giving scientists a new method to investigate cell activity with precision.
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An estimated 40% of low-back pain cases are attributed to degeneration of the cushiony intervertebral discs that absorb shocks and provide flexibility to the spine, previous research suggests.
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Heikenwälder's team has now tested in mice whether this approach can also protect the liver from fatty degeneration and chronic inflammation.
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