In this issue of the journal, Rabstein et al. (1) report data on the differences in prevalence of nine single nucleotide polymorphisms in the N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) gene between two populations, one of European descent and the other from Central Asia. Investigators also provide predicted haplotypes for these groups. Consequently, NAT2 acetylator phenotype prevalence differences were also sh...

An institutional investor’s private equity fund investment returns are determined by his/her access to and skills in selecting the best funds, but little is known about the extent of these two effects. Using a large sample of European pension funds’ private equity fund investments, we observed that limited partners are unable to select better funds for reinvestment compared to funds in which th...