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a genetic disease in which the body is unable to get rid of a fatty substance called ganglioside so that it builds up in the brain, causing the nerves to stop working properly and eventually leading to death, usually before the age of three:

Examples:

For a child to have Tay-Sachs Disease, both parents must have the defective gene responsible.

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