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- September 18, 2026
Physicist Stephen Hawking lived with motor neuron disease for longer than any other person known.Credit: Santi Visalli/Getty A man with an uncommon type of motor neuron disease experienced improved symptoms and continued to work as a physician a year after becoming the first person to receive a drug designed to target the specific genetic mutation
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