The outbreak of the coup -- which involved a defecting Iraqi major general and collaborators in three army combat units, various Kurdish forces and Ahmed Chalabi and his opposition Iraqi National Congress -- was reported a few days later in the international press.
Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer involves a defect of the DNA repair gene and is found in 10percentto12percentcent of colon cancers.
Marfan's is a highly variable but potentially deadly disorder of connective tissue involving a defect in a protein called fibrillin.
There are several important genetic defects of lipid metabolism, one of which involves a defect of lipoprotein receptors and constitutes an extreme form of familial propensity for atherosclerosis.
The issue involves a defect in the cruise control cables that could make the small crossover vehicles susceptible to unintended acceleration.
Hurler's syndrome, also called Gargoylism, or Mucopolysaccharidosis I, one of several rare genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides, the class of polysaccharides that bind water to unite cells and to lubricate joints.
The Tokyo group gave the treatment to mice with a rodent form of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), an inherited disease in humans involving a defect in a gene for a muscle protein that also leads to abnormal neuromuscular junctions and muscle weakness and wasting.
One hypothesis is that psoriasis involves a defect in regulatory T cells, and in the regulatory cytokine interleukin-10.
As we found no evidence of a deficiency in homeostasis regulation of food intake and energy expenditure, we propose that the pathophysiology of PWS does not involve a defect in energy homeostasis regulation, but rather, in behavioral aspects of overeating.
We showed that this « NEFA intolerance » was linked to defective non-oxidative plasma NEFA metabolism, i.e. possibly reduced adipose tissue NEFA storage, and was unlikely to involve a defect in insulin-mediated suppression of intracellular lipolysis.
