Due to their Persian ancestry, some Himalayans may have the gene that causes Polycystic kidney disease, ( PKD ), but a genetic test can reveal which cats carry the PKD gene, so that they may be spayed or neutered.

* Due to disease in glomerulus

Due to swampy conditions and widespread disease, someone died almost every day.

Due to their role in transmitting Lyme disease, ixodid ticks, particularly I. scapularis, have been studied using geographic information systems ( GIS ), in order to develop predictive models for ideal tick habitats.

Due to the similarity of symptoms, achalasia can be mistaken for more common disorders such as gastroesophageal reflux disease ( GERD ), hiatus hernia, and even psychosomatic disorders.

Due to disease, the settlement was moved on 20 January 1527 to the current location with the name of Villa de San Sebastián Colima.

Due to the risk of smallpox, at first only men picked for their prior exposure to the disease entered Boston under the command of Artemas Ward.

Due to silica dust exposure, many workers developed silicosis, a debilitating lung disease.

Due to the effects of disease and attacks from natives, these colonies rarely lasted long.

Due to the School of Medicine, the IU Simon Cancer Center, and five area hospitals, IUPUI hosts research on infectious disease, cancer and degenerative disorders.

Due to a very severe outbreak at the end of the 1760s, some of the biggest names in Dutch medicine became involved in the struggle against the disease.

Due to the limited gene pool for this breed, conscientious breeders carefully study pedigrees and select dogs to minimize the chance of genetic disease and improper coat.

Due to the communication between the atria that occurs in ASDs, disease entities or complications from the condition, are possible.

Due to the idiosyncratic nature of mercury toxicity, the risk of severe disease and sudden death are unpredictable and frequently show no warning signs.

Due to the heavy industries in and around the Vaal Triangle it became infamous for its air pollution and respiratory disease.

Due to famine and disease after the Nile failed to flood, al-Kamil could not defend Damietta and it was captured in November 1219.

Due to their eating habits, the pak ' ma ' ra have shown themselves incredibly resistant to food poisoning and disease from rotten meat.

Due to routine use of the Hib conjugate vaccine in the U. S. since 1990, the incidence of invasive Hib disease has decreased to 1. 3 / 100, 000 in children.

The proportion of the population who are susceptible to a particular disease is denoted S. Due to the problems mentioned above, it is difficult to know this parameter for a given population.

** Due to underlying diseases that destroy the spleen ( autosplenectomy ), e. g. sickle-cell disease.

Due to its confinement in the midgut and small intestine, it is possible for mammals, including humans, to contract rickettsial disease from open skin / wound contact with the feces of the organism.

Due to these roles of GSK-3 in promoting Alzheimer ’ s disease, GSK-3 inhibitors may have positive therapeutic effects on Alzheimer ’ s patients and are currently in the early stages of testing.

Due to obstruction of the main branches of the aorta, including the left common carotid artery, the brachiocephalic artery, and the left subclavian artery, Takayasu's arteritis can present as pulseless upper extremities ( arms, hands, and wrists with weak or absent pulses on the physical examination ) which may be why it is also commonly referred to as the " pulseless disease.

Due to bush fighting and disease the regiment is depleted in numbers, it stayed for two years and is then scheduled to return to England in 1774.

Due to his lack of expertise in orchestration, the American composer George Gershwin had his Rhapsody in Blue orchestrated and arranged by Ferde Grofé.

Due to the impending merger of the American Football League and the National Football League, which was due to take full effect in the season, Brown agreed to join the AFL as its tenth and final franchise.

Due to fan requests, Eckert announced that the Cy Young Award would be given out both in the American League and the National League.

Due to economic downturn Golden State was forced to sell their entire art collection to ward off its mounting debts and as of spring 2011 the National Museum of African American History and Culture had offered $ 750, 000 to purchase the artworks which led to a controversy regarding the importance of the artworks which have been estimated to be worth at least $ 5 million.

Due to the different designs of the spacecraft, the American and Soviet space programs define the duration of an EVA differently.

Due to its ambiguity, the letter was a cause of debate during the British and later American struggles over the abolition of slavery.

Due to issues with some of his children not being recognized as British citizens he abjured his allegiance to Britain, and became a naturalized American citizen.

Due to the troubles they had in Europe, the group sought to establish a more perfect society in the American wilderness.

Due to the prevalence of American television programs and motion pictures in which the police characters frequently read suspects their rights, it has become an expected element of arrest procedure — in the 2000 Dickerson decision, Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote that Miranda warnings had " become embedded in routine police practice to the point where the warnings have become part of our national culture.

Due in part to Asian and Hollywood martial arts movies, most modern American martial arts are either Asian-derived or Asian influenced.

Due to historical and cultural factors, Canadian English and American English retain numerous distinctions from each other, with the differences being most noticeable in the two languages ' written forms.

Due to the wide influence of Italian immigrants in American culture, the US has developed regional forms of pizza, some bearing only a casual resemblance to the Italian original.

Due to the economics of television production in Canada, relatively few daily soap operas have been produced on English Canadian television, with most Canadian stations that do air soap operas airing American or British ones.

Due to the huge success of Space Invaders, Taito opened in 1979 an American division called Taito America Corporation in order to release games in North America.

Due to his untimely demise, Warren G. Harding is among the relatively few American Presidents who have been honored on a U. S. postage stamp more than the usual two times.

Due to his stance, Pitt was very popular amongst the American colonists.

Due to the flight's delay, the plane took off at 8: 41 am, five minutes before American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center.

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Due in no small part to the influence of transnational economic bodies such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, the G7, G8, G20, and trade agreements between nations with differing degrees of industrialization such as the Central American Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas, the European Union, AFTA, ACTA and TPP, regions of economic exchange have become more integrated across the world than ever before and supply chains for vital commodities and products previously maintained within national borders have became distributed across international lines.

Due to its inadvertent effect on American slavery, the invention of the cotton gin is frequently cited as one of the ultimate causes of the American Civil War.

Due to assurances, however, from the American administration and the USSR that Israel would not attack, Nasser refused Amer's suggestion, insisting that Egyptian forces in the Sinai should only act defensively.

Due to concerns over potential violence, many courthouses in American cities often have security checkpoints where all incoming persons are searched for weapons, normally through the use of an X-ray machine for all bags and a walk-through metal detector, much like those found at airports.

Due to continued losses inflicted by the Mexican guerrillas loyal to the Republic and the threat of an American military intervention, Napoleon withdrew French troops from Mexico in 1866, which left Maximilian and the Mexican monarchists doomed to defeat in 1867.