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We Could Soon Know Truth About Elephant Man

Genome sequencing could reveal his true ailment

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 20, 2012 9:12 AM CDT | Updated Aug 25, 2012 7:15 AM CDT

(Newser) – It's been more than a century since Joseph Merrick—the so-called Elephant Man—died at age 27, but researchers still can't definitively explain the huge growths on his body. Though he was nicknamed after the parasitic infection Elephantiasis, other scientists believe he may...   Read full story »

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