Sentences with phrase «fatal neurodegenerative disease with»

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Survey data suggest reported cumulative pesticide exposure was associated with increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease, according to an article published online by JAMA Neurology.

«Huntington's — an inherited and fatal disorder that leads to problems with muscle coordination, cognition and personality — is characterized by the toxic buildup of a mutant form of the huntingtin protein in the brain,» explained Dr. Finkbeiner, who directs the Taube - Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at Gladstone.

CTE is a fatal neurodegenerative disease shown to be a result of repeated head trauma, and is associated with elite athletes involved in contact sports.

Loss - of - function mutations in progranulin (GRN) are one of the most common genetic causes of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disorder with no available disease - modifying treatments.

The main character of The People in the Trees is based on a real man named Carleton Gajdusek, who spent much of the 1950s in Papua New Guinea, working with a tribe called the South Foré, who were beset with a mysterious and fatal neurodegenerative disease they called «kuru,» or the shaking.

Carter et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al. 2015 SCC 5 Civil Rights — Constitutional Law — Courts — Criminal Law — Practice Summary: Gloria Taylor was diagnosed with a fatal neurodegenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS).