21.   Not only are the victims disfigured, but the disease affects more than just the leg.

22.   One common source of frustration for people with MG is that the disease affects everyone differently.

23.   Rudy Giuliani announced Thursday he has prostate cancer, and said the disease could affect his Senate campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton.

24.   Similar spongiform diseases affect a variety of animals.

25.   Statistics suggest that more grandparents will be caring for children as the disease increasingly affects entire families.

26.   The disease affects children at different rates, and some parents are only now realizing that youngsters they thought merely sickly have had AIDS most of their lives.

27.   The disease affects only a few hundred children but causes a severe jaundice that eventually affects the brain, causing retardation and death.

28.   The disease, mink spongiform encephalopathy, destroys brain tissue in a manner similar to the way mad cow disease affects cattle.