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Performing laboratory test DR. PETERS:
We've also discovered that its not really a new disease. Its an old disease.
Cutting tissue in laboratory By looking at samples from people who've died of with unexplained lung disease, we've been able to discover this syndrome as far back as the late 1970's.
Cutting tissue in laboratory Cutting tissue in laboratory So its been here a long time, we just haven't been able to recognize it until now.

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