4/17/2007 Twin Studies Reveal Genetic Components Leading To Cardiac and Kidney Disease Studies may point to new drug targets for heritable conditions Daniel O'Connor, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has studied about 265
twin pairs over the past few year... More...
Not exact matches
Heritability of cortical thickness changes
over time in
twin pairs discordant for schizophrenia
A study of Danish
twins in their 80s found that when a
pair has different biological ages, the «older» one was twice as likely to die
over the ensuing eight years as the «younger» one.
Wiig and Hader play
twins Maggie and Milo, the
pair not having spoken for
over a decade but coming back together following Milo's suicide attempt, his sister offering him a room in the house she shares with husband Lance in their New York hometown, a regular working Joe a world removed from failed actor Milo's catty demeanour.
The Cadillac
Twin - Turbo is
paired with a high - performance, paddle - shift eight - speed automatic transmission that offers efficiency and performance advantages
over a six - speed transmission — including 1.5 % greater fuel economy.
Featuring a one - piece molded chassis, it weighs just 88 lbs more than its hardtop sibling, and features a retractable hard top, an electronically - controlled rear windscreen, a passive roll
over protection system, and, of course, a 616 bhp, 3.8 L V8
twin turbo engine
paired with a 7 Speed SSG dual - clutch transmission that can launch you from 0 - 62 in just 3.1 seconds, with a top speed of 204 mph.
Every summer the five Chatwin children enter a magical land called Fillory, which is ruled
over by a
pair of
twin rams, Ember and Umber.
MASTER SUITE - Spacious master suite overlooks the beach and ocean - Has king - size bed, private balcony, walk - in dressing room and big, bright bathroom GUEST SUITES - Four guest suites arranged in
pairs, with views
over the gardens or the ocean and sliding partition walls that separate sleeping and sitting areas - A lower floor guest suite with
twin beds (convertible to king) that opens to the garden, featuring an ensuite bathroom with indoor and outdoor showers - Top of the range audio - visual equipment, bar fridges, dressing areas and comfortable sitting areas in all guest suites
Gemini Exchange is another US - based outfit founded by the Winklevoss
twins — the
pair who sued Mark Zuckerberg
over social networking, and were awarded $ 65 million (# 48 million), which they put to use as venture capitalists.
A recent study of
over 500 teenaged same - sex
twin pairs suggests there may be a hidden benefit of being a lovesick teen.
Reiss and his colleagues studied 720
pairs of same - sex adolescent siblings (identical and fraternal
twins and full, half and stepsiblings)
over a 3 - year period, from early to mid-adolescence.
This work, funded by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse that run through 2019, involves the study of
over 700
twin pairs, and includes structural and functional MRI measures as well as EEG, neuropsychological, and mental health assessments.