Why has almost a whole row of keys stopped working (S through L)

It's possible there are some bits of dust or something under the keys. Anyone have experience with fixing this? Or is this a Genius Bar issue?

LOL. Not to worry. Nerds will inherit the earth. Not that this will be much of an inheritance at the rate we're going, but....
Thanks, btw. Next time I go shopping for teeny-weeny tools, I'll be sure a Philips #00 is in my hand at checkout.
So anyway, the Genius Bar cleaned out some dust, fuzz (3 cats will do that) abd charged me nothing :) Pretty happy about that. Before leaving the store, I bought a Marblue Keyboard Protector for $24.95 to prevent future problems of this kind.
I didn't mention the tiny black screw and if they noticed that it was missing they kept the news to themselves.
Yippee! I love when a disabling problem can be solved so easily. Thanks for the moral support :)

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