A foundation devoted to fighting a Jewish genetic disease designated September as National Gaucher Disease Awareness Month. Type 1 Gaucher, which is caused by an enzyme deficiency, occurs in one out of every 450 to 600 births in the Ashkenazi Jewish population.
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