The variety of wound types has resulted in a wide range of wound dressings with new products
frequently introduced to target different aspects of the wound healing process. The ideal …

The recent emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
and the ensuing global pandemic has presented a health emergency of unprecedented …

Techniques for the single-step amplification of whole genomes have been developed into
powerful tools for phylogenetic analyses, epidemiological studies and studies on genome …

… DJS carried out genotyping, and H. Stevens provided DNA sample coordination and
quality control. The T1DGC provided biospecimens and data from families with T1D. …

Background Vitamin D is crucial for maintenance of musculoskeletal health, and might also
have a role in extraskeletal tissues. Determinants of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D …

The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) primary genome-wide association (GWA)
scan 1 on seven diseases, including the multifactorial autoimmune disease type 1 …

Genome-wide linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping of common disease genes could be
more powerful than linkage analysis if the appropriate density of polymorphic markers were …

Severe deafness or hearing impairment is the most prevalent inherited sensory disorder,
affecting about I in 1,000 children 1 . Most deafness results from peripheral auditory defects that …

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on chromosome 6 is associated with susceptibility
to more common diseases than any other region of the human genome, including almost …

Background Two inflammatory disorders, type 1 diabetes and celiac disease, cosegregate in
populations, suggesting a common genetic origin. Since both diseases are associated with …