Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many complex
diseases and disorders 1 . They are heritable 2 , 3 and etiologically related 4 , 5 behaviors …

Increased blood lipid levels are heritable risk factors of cardiovascular disease with varied
prevalence worldwide owing to different dietary patterns and medication use 1 . Despite …

Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of worldwide
deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury 1 , 2 , 3 – …

… e, Representation of extrapolated trajectories derived from longitudinal data, assuming stable
lifelong growth at the same fixed rate we observed during older age; some projections are …

An unmanned aerial vehicle (“VIPtero”) was assembled and tested with the aim of developing
a flexible and powerful tool for site-specific vineyard management. The system comprised …

Background Genomewide association studies of autoimmune diseases have mapped hundreds
of susceptibility regions in the genome. However, only for a few association signals has …

… E) HLA-DR activation marker was analyzed on NK-gated cells. F) NKT cells were isolated
considering their positivity for CD3, CD16 and/or CD56 antigens. G) Activated T cells were …

Thyroid dysfunction is an important public health problem, which affects 10% of the general
population and increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Many aspects of …

Some people remain healthier throughout life than others but the underlying reasons are
poorly understood. Here we hypothesize this advantage is attributable in part to optimal …

… . c–e, Association profiles for the autoimmune diseases MS (c), RA (d) and IBD (e). The data
… Genes, position of exons and direction of transcription are noted below e. The plots were …