defined:

A disease that causes progressive deterioration of the nervous system by blocking movement of cholesterol within cells. The gene responsible for it, known as NPC1, is located on human chromosome 18.

explained:

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Dr. Danilo Tagle, formerly of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, defines Niemann-Pick disease, type C (NPC)

related
terms:

cell, chromosome, gene

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