Scientists Unravel Mystery of People with No Fingerprints

"Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have succeeded in unraveling the genetic basis of two rare congenital diseases in which afflicted persons have no fingerprints. The results will be published in the October 2006 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics."

Yikes, and I though Mr. Lampshire was only joking! However, this does not seem to be caused by clicking too much on a computer mouse.

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