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A researcher at the University of Minnesota who studies the crippling neurological disease ataxia has discovered that the disease runs in the family of Abraham Lincoln.  Now some scientists wonder whether it could have afflicted the former president.  

 host Cathy Wurzer talked with Professor Laura Ranum, who published her discovery in the journal Nature Genetics.

A researcher at the University of Minnesota who studies the crippling neurological disease ataxia has discovered that the disease runs in the family of Abraham Lincoln.  Now some scientists wonder whether it could have afflicted the former president.  Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked with Professor Laura Ranum, who published her discovery in the journal Nature Genetics.


U of M scientist says Lincoln family afflicted by genetic disease

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