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What is Holy Week?

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Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

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9 Mind-Altering Plants

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Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

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Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

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neurofibromatosis type 2 neurofibromatosis type 1 lesion human genetic disease tumour familial disease cystic fibrosis sickle cell anemia thalassemia inborn error of metabolism phenylketonuria albinism hemoglobinopathy neuralgia neuritis osteogenesis imperfecta

Key People

Francis Collins

Francis Collins

American geneticist

Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen

German pathologist

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A Visit with the Word Doctor: Medical Vocabulary Quiz

44 Questions from Britannica’s Most Popular Health and Medicine Quizzes

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Diseases, Disorders, and More: A Medical Quiz