A new experimental apparatus, designed principally for a high sensitivity search for ν μ → ν
τ oscillation, has been successlly constructed and made operational by the CHORUS …

Background Autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases involve interactions between genetic
risk factors and environmental triggers. We searched for a gene on chromosome 17p13 …

Background Generalized vitiligo is an autoimmune disease characterized by melanocyte
loss, which results in patchy depigmentation of skin and hair, and is associated with an …

In the past decade, one of the major challenges of particle physics has been to gain an in-depth
understanding of the role of quark flavor. In this time frame, measurements and the …

We previously reported a genome-wide association study (GWAS) identifying 14 susceptibility
loci for generalized vitiligo. We report here a second GWAS (450 individuals with vitiligo (…

Symptoms of sleep disturbances are common among pregnant women and generally worsen
across gestation. Pregnancy-related sleep disorders are not only associated with a poor …

… Positive prognostic factors include Karnofsky’s performance status, age >65 years, control
of … See the impact this article is making through the number of times it’s been read, and the …

The LHCb experiment has been taking data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN
since the end of 2009. One of its key detector components is the Ring-Imaging Cherenkov (…

MAORY is one of the four instruments for the E-ELT approved for construction. It is an
adaptive optics module offering two compensation modes: multi-conjugate and single-conjugate …

… The genetic underpinnings of facial shape is a topic of considerable scientific, forensic, and
popular interest, and familial aspects of a newborn’s face are one of the first characteristics …