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Patient-scientists, me-searchers, or just researchers who study their own conditions are all over science. This video shines a light on the work of David Fajgenbaum, Chris Nowinski, Sonia Vallabh, Julio Saez-Rodriguez, and Susan Michaelis for their studies of Castleman Disease, CTE, prion disease, IgAN, and aerotoxic syndrome.

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