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August 20, 2019 News by Larry Luxner

Nebraska’s Neena Nizar Seeks Cure for Jansen’s, One of World’s Rarest Diseases

Imagine living your whole life with a painful disease so rare that only 25 others worldwide have what you have. And that you’re one of just six such people who’ve made it to adulthood. Neena Nizar doesn’t have to imagine. The 41-year-old English professor at Metro Community College in Elkhorn,…

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