Population groups can hold critical clues

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Genetically isolated populations with high incidence of a particular medical disorder are the key to understanding genetic defects underlying single-gene and complex diseases. Susceptibility genes can be easily identified as these populations have high inbreeding, low background polymorphism, and a small number of founding members. The Finnish population is a prime example of a genetically isolated population, and many disease-causing genetic defects have been identified among them. Countries such as India and China may offer more genetically isolated populations.

Usage, Diseases, Genetic disorders, Human population genetics, Etiology (Medicine)

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Observation of short-range critical wetting

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Experimental observations of the short-range wetting transition near to the critical point in methanol-alkane binary liquid mixtures, revealed second-order, critical wetting for nonane. The measured value complies with predictions of mean-field theory, but strongly disagrees with renormalization-group calculations, predicting non-universal behavior.

Phase transformations (Statistical physics), Phase transitions (Physics), Wetting, Wetting (Surface chemistry)

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German bioethics inquiry 'could hold up essential rule changes'

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The Social Democrats (SPD) in the German parliament have opposed an all-parliamentary commission of inquiry on human rights and bioethics, arguing that such a commission could delay the introduction of legislation in the area of biomedicine. The party has attempt to prevent similar grey areas occurring in other areas of biomedicine.

Laws, regulations and rules, Germany, Investigations, Bioethics

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