In July, culminating a three-year search, DeCode pinpointed a gene for schizophrenia, an illness that afflicts Stefansson's brother.
The same incomprehension afflicts the president's policy toward Israel.
The biggest prize lies in a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, which afflicts 4 million Americans.
For the 4 million patients who suffer from Alzheimer's disease--the disorder afflicts half of those over 85--the results can't come soon enough.
If approved, its drug code named LAF237 could provide additional ammunition in the fight against a disease that afflicts 18 million people in the U.S., and that is likely to rise with the obesity epidemic.
The only cure for CML, which afflicts 25, 000 adults in the U.S., is a bone marrow transplant.
It afflicts 19, 000 people in the U.S. each year, killing the vast majority.
One encouraging area for Afinitor is stomach cancer, which afflicts 21, 000 patients in the U.S. (and is more prevalent in Asia, where salty foods are common).
Cerezyme, Genzyme's first drug, treats a disease that afflicts fewer than 10, 000 patients globally.
This autoimmune disease, in which the patient's own immune system attacks the joints, afflicts 2 million people.
We're not told if there are any special tricks besides the size reduction, though: while the new cable end looks dual-sided, there's no guarantee Apple will have eliminated the right-side-up requirement that afflicts just about every mobile-sized port format we've seen to date.
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In some ways, Mr Blair's lack of concern shows an admirable determination not to succumb to the political correctness that afflicts many on the left.
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