Some 600, 000 Americans have the more common form of FH, which is caused by a single bad copy of the cholesterol gene and causes levels of cholesterol that are just above the upper limit of normal.

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Which is still a good 20 percentage points above the ratio considered the upper limit for what would allow private sector and economy to thrive.

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The futures market is forecasting that inflation will soon go above 6.5%, the upper limit of the Central Bank's target.

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"We are hoping to locate multi-cellular organisms living in hot springs at temperatures well above the 150 degrees Fahrenheit that scientists now believe to be the upper limit at which that kind of life can exist, " Trent said.

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At present, universities are not allowed to raise tuition fees above the fixed cap - and the fees review will have to decide whether this upper limit should be raised or removed altogether.

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