Behind the scenes, he played what the press described as a "pivotal" role in pushing two Democratic lawmakers from familiar regions to defect to the GOP.
These findings support previous evidence for a defect of familiar tune recognition in Alzheimer's disease (Baird and Samson, 2009) and relatively preserved knowledge of familiar tunes in semantic dementia (Hailstone et al., 2009).
With luck Apple is more familiar now with its own defects, having run a gauntlet most of its peers have weathered time and again — including Apple itself, in what must seem now like a previous life.
Studies of animal models and familiar forms elucidated several molecular defects responsible for podocyte damage [ 1– 3].
Recently, mutations in the TRPM4 gene, which are associated with Brugada syndrome, long QT syndrome and cardiac conduction defects, such as Progressive familiar heart block type I [ 21, 26, 34], have been reported.
GSN helps patients who are going through in-vitro fertilization select the healthiest possible embryo they can — one cell is removed from the embryo and then compared to the genes of the parents to look for chromosomal defects and disease (if this sounds familiar, they do something vaguely similar in GATTACA).
The cardiologist is very familiar with the complexities of the conflict, having defected from Assad's regime himself six months prior to the Syrian uprising before fleeing to England.
Pediatric cardiologists are familiar with screening of babies with DS for congenital heart defects (CHD), expecting in approximately 50% to find a heart defect, typically atrioventricular septal defect [ 9, 13].
For example, defects in the E3 ligase Park2 are causative for familiar forms of Parkinson's disease (PD) [ 26].
A Russian intelligence officer working under cover as a diplomat at the United Nations has defected to the United States, say several American officials familiar with the case.
