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Disease could be wiped out by genetic research
A pair of scientists traced a hereditary nervous disorder to Flores in the Azores after a six year search. Dr. Roger Rosenberg and Dr. William Nyhan linked what became known as Josephs Disease to descendants of Azorean immigrants, finding autosomal dominant inheritance and the potential to prevent the condition in a generation. They mapped 329 descendants across eight generations and suggested gene identification could steer family planning to erase the disease.
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Dallas
Atlantic
Flores
Azores
Roger Rosenberg
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
William Nyhan
University of California, San Diego
Nyhan
Rosenberg
Joseph
Plymouth
Mass
Massachusetts
Jose Thomas
Thomas
Porta Ruiva
Ponta Ruiva
Manuel Freitas