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This paper is concerned with a popular form of Cahn-Hilliard equation which plays an important role in understanding the evolution of phase separation. We get the existence and regularity of a weak solution to nonlinear parabolic, fourth order Cahn-Hilliard equation with degenerate mobility M(u) = um(1 − u)m which is allowed to vanish at 0 and 1. The existence and regularity of weak solutions to the degenerate Cahn-Hilliard equation are obtained by getting the limits of Cahn-Hilliard equation with non-degenerate mobility. We explore the initial value problem with compact support and obtain the local non-negative result. Further, the above derivation process is also suitable for the viscous Cahn-Hilliard equation with degenerate mobility.