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Once ignored, primary cilia have gained new importance in understanding health

By Wallace Ravven / The Bulletin
May 22, 2009

At first they cannot see at night. Then daytime vision fails, and by age 5 or 10, these children are blind. Some become extremely obese and develop diabetes and kidney disease.

The crushing condition is known as Bardet-Biedl syndrome, and it is caused by inherited defects in the....

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