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  "textContent": "An Australian-led international research collaboration has delivered a promising breakthrough in the quest to better understand and treat childhood dementia. Recently published in the journal Nature Communications, the study uncovered a fundamental mechanism underlying Sanfilippo syndrome, a common form of childhood dementia, revealing how hyperactive and dysregulated synaptic circuits emerge in the brain tissue of children impacted by this devastating disease.",
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