Tay-Sachs Disease
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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TAY-SACHS DISEASE ta -saks , rare hereditary disease caused by a genetic mutation that leaves the body unable...cells, producing central nervous system degeneration. The disease is named for a British ophthalmologist, Warren Tay, who...