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The characteristic cellular changes occurring in people with Tay-Sachs disease

Institution:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Researchers:

Bernard Sachs, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Impact:

Tay-Sachs disease is a rare inherited disorder that progressively destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Dr. Sachs also observed that most babies with Tay-Sachs disease were of Eastern European Jewish origin.

Timeline:

1887

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Schools

Albany Medical CollegeAlbert Einstein College of MedicineCity University of New York School of MedicineColumbia University College Of Physicians and SurgeonsHofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra UniversityIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiJacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the University at BuffaloNew York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic MedicineNew York Medical CollegeNew York University School of MedicineSchool of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester Medical CenterStony Brook University School of MedicineSUNY Downstate Medical CenterSUNY Upstate Medical UniversityTouro College of Osteopathic MedicineWeill Cornell MedicineWeill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian