Many researchers now believe most of these disorders share a common origin: clusters of deformed proteins that pile up in the brain over the years, slowly poisoning brain cells.
When it arrived in America it was detected within months thanks to the vigilance of the country's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in noticing clusters of a previously rare skin cancer that is often a symptom of immune-system collapse.
Gasfin today signed a memorandum of understanding with GE to install five LNG In A Box units serving "clusters" of LNG fueling stations.
He showed that just as the bad amyloid-42 sped the formation of amyloid clusters, so a small number of pathological prions could convert good prions to the dark side, at least in test-tube experiments.
Scientists have long been hobbled by the lack of a good technology to explore how clusters of neurons coordinate their activity.
These Pinots (so-called because of the "pinecone" shape of their clusters) are a pretty eccentric group of fruits.
Exploring the depth of dependency on particular industrial clusters would be a better measure of where diversification is most lacking.
However, he raises the concern that because violence can be very localised, a sample of 33 clusters really might be too small to be representative.
So the distribution of mimetic species should be one of local clusters of good mimics, against a wider background of poor ones which may mean that a poorly mimetic species outnumbers a good one.
The maths tells us that in respect of probability, people are much like tosses of a coin: we will see occasional clusters, even of cancer.
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In a breakthrough development in 2000, scientists in Edmonton, Alberta devised a way to transfer cell clusters called islets from the pancreas of a dead person to that of a diabetic such that the islets still produce insulin.
Michael Pawlyn, a British architect specializing in sustainable design and founding member of the project, says bringing together clusters of synergistic technologies creates a new paradigm.
The organization said that involved 1, 849 households in 47 clusters, a lower number of samples than the new study.
Freed from traditional design restrictions, designers created a controls layout devoid of intimidating clusters of buttons and knobs.
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While the experts pore over their plans for clusters and hubs, a couple of genuine entrepreneurs have shown the way.
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Super-stellar clusters contain a very large number of young, massive stars.
Google News aggregates millions news stories and clusters accurately them in a matter of seconds, a task that no group of humans could ever dream of performing.
When the evidence about an individual consumer suggests that the consumer is a member of one or more clusters, Baynote recommends products and content that are popular with those clusters.
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They consist of clusters of zinc-oxide crystals, which are easily precipitated from a solution of zinc acetate in diethylene glycol (better known as antifreeze) at the right temperature.
It also pushes a version of its flagship database geared for clusters of Linux-on-Intel machines.
Wrap one of these peanut clusters in a giant steel net, then drag it off its deadly course?
Clusters of zinc atoms then mix with a reactive gas, usually oxygen, and cool to a solid.
Suppose data center IT people could roll their own Hadoop clusters using servers that they built from a list of standardized parts?
"We were preparing for a long, systematic search of thousands of globular clusters with the hope of finding just one black hole, " said Dr Maccarone.
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Mr Grimes argued that there was a danger in being seduced by the idea of "clusters" of cases.
Often, the works featured repetitive clusters of stylized foliage or waves that conveyed a sense of texture, even perspective.
In one of Amsterdam's main arts districts, clusters of leggings-clad teenagers gather outside a building covered with posters advertising upcoming performances.
"We will be gathering and making public key information about the work and achievements of the clusters and the programme as a whole, " he said.
Following a consultation, he announced the first 12 of the 52 clusters on Wednesday.
Another group of researchers wants to study galaxy clusters using a phenomenon called gravitational lensing.
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