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title: "42 U.S.C. § 285j–3"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 285j–3 - Research on multiple sclerosis

## Text

The Director of the Institute shall conduct and support research on multiple sclerosis, especially research on effects of genetics and hormonal changes on the progress of the disease.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 460, as added Pub. L. 103–43, title XII, § 1201, June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 169.)