It works because many cases of muscular dystrophy are caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene (incidentally, one of the longest genes in the body) that make the entire genetic code for the protein shift by one letter.

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Multiple keyboard actuations are now possible (shift plus a letter, for example), though it's not perfect -- things start to get flaky as your second press gets physically close to your first one, which makes some sense considering that the switches are placed at the screen's four corners.

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In this letter, he cites the tremendous culture shift that has happened at the firm.

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In his resignation letter Mr McKenzie said the grade boundary shift was "the worst decision ever made by AQA".

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The shift was announced in an open letter to Kronen Zeitung, an anti-European tabloid.

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There is now an inexorable shift to email from the traditional letter.

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Users, for instance, will be able to hold down two keys at once, such as shift plus another key to capitalize a letter.

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The shift is revealed in a Department for Education letter, abandoning a two-year dispute with the Information Commissioner related to private emails.

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