Diagnosed in 2021, the once beloved TV host Fiona MacDonald is living with motor neurone disease.
The neurodegenerative disease, kills nerves known as motor neurons, causing muscle wasting and paralysis.
Professor Dominic Rowe suspects environmental factors are linked to the disease.
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