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.
"On MRI images, this decline can be seen as fatty degeneration of the muscle, where streaks of fat replace muscle fibers."
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They discovered that this system can undergo catastrophic swelling, which leads to the degeneration of brain tissue, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.
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This paradox, known as "neuronal degeneration," has intrigued scientists for decades.
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