Dr. Chaim Lotem said the hole, measuring 1 to 2 millimeters, is a minor birth defect found in 15 percent to 25 percent of people.

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Their defect was found to be due to mutations of the same genes that govern the growth of the flies' eyes.

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No defect was found in the vehicle, an investigation found.

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Ms Joo was the last to defect and when authorities found out that her father was missing, she was put under investigation.

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Mr Smith said surgeons found an additional heart defect during the operation - a 'shelf' of tissue which had to be removed.

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In finding himself, he claims also to have found out the secret defect of modern Conservatism: that it came to be unloved because it became untender.

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The scientists found that people with this defect would suffer a chronic malfunction of calcium regulation in their heart muscle.

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They found that a mouse with a defect on the phospholamban gene also suffered severe damage to its heart.

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In 1998 there were just under 400 pregnancies found to be affected by a neural tube defect.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month inspected a company manufacturing plant in Minnesota and found no problems that could have caused the defect.

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His mom watched White compete in the Olympics the same year Max was first diagnosed, and after hearing from doctors about the limitations her son would face, she says she found hope in White, who has the same heart defect.

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