FFI
Noun
Meaning
(uncountable) Initialism of fatal familial insomnia.
(countable, computing) Initialism of foreign function interface.
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And when the coronavirus pandemic struck, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) staff and partners from Asia to Africa also shifted gears.
FFI is also invariably linked to the presence of the methionine codon at position 129 of the mutant allele, whereas fCJD is linked to the presence of the valine codon at that position.
FFI patients cannot go past stage 1 and thus their brains are not getting the rest they need to revive, as most reviving and repairing processes of the body are believed to happen during these deeper sleep stages.
Before he had gone far a machine pistol fired down from above, at least two more joined in, and from below the FFI and police fired back.
As of 2016, no cure or treatment has yet been found for FFI.
In November 1944, aged 16, he was turned down (because of his age) by Colonel Henri de La Vaissière (then representative of the Communist Youth ) when he attempted to join the French Forces of the Interior (FFI).