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Neurodegenerative disease: Brain windfall

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Diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are rising up the research agenda, partly because of ageing populations.

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Gammon, K. Neurodegenerative disease: Brain windfall. Nature 515, 299–300 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7526-299a

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