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(a variety of diseases)
(New plagues, survival, and the various mutual adaptations carried on with our microbial fellow travelers)
(New diseases are always coming into existence, most change with time, and some even vanish from known existence!)
(Until recently, the usual explanation for the first pandemics was not biological but a result of immorality)
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neurodegenerative disease (s) (noun), neurodegenerative diseases (pl)
A hereditary and sporadic condition which is characterized by progressive nervous system dysfunction: Neurodegenerative diseases are often associated with atrophy of the affected central or peripheral nervous system structures.

A is one of varied assortments of central nervous system disorders characterized by gradual and progressive loss of neural tissue:

The ability to operate on individual brain cells without killing them in the process could allow scientists to study how the cells regenerate and might lead to better treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

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