abnormality

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Taken together, the researchers say these findings suggest that this metabolic abnormality may actively contribute to Alzheimer's disease rather than simply occur as a consequence of it.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

It will facilitate the development of bespoke therapies that target a specific problem, such as a genetic abnormality, that causes severely debilitating or life-threatening diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

“There is an abnormality with this trial and how the competitor product has done, it’s neither in their label or their own trials.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

He told the court he anticipated the thrust of Mr Masum's defence would be to suggest he was "suffering from an abnormality of mind, or that he lost control of himself in some way".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

The natural culprit was an abnormality in the gene for hemoglobin—the protein that carries oxygen and is present abundantly in red cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee