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Lemurs on verge of extinction could hold medical answers

A breakthrough in research cures for several diseases like Alzheimer's could depend on a rare group of primates in danger of extinction. Lemurs and humans have important genetic similarities, but the creatures' survival is at risk from major threats like deforestation and climate change. Debora Patta reports.
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