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Q fever
A vaccine against Q fever, an illness first recognized in Australia in the 1930's that affects people dealing with infected sheep and cattle and their hides and carcasses. The microscopic bacterial agent of Q fever, Coxiella burnetii, is…
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Show more- Lung transplant The first lung transplant was done by the American surgeon James Hardy (1918-) in 1964.
- Leaded petrol See: Tetraethyl lead
- Pool, gene The sum total of genes, with all their variations, possessed by a particular species at a particular time…
- Psychological imprinting A remarkable genetic phenomenon that occurs in animals, and theoretically humans, in the first hours of life…
- Heredity Genetic transmission from parent to child.
- Fatty acids,omega-3 A class of fatty acids found in fish oils, especially from salmon and other cold-water fish, that acts to…
- Grief, unresolved See: Complicated grief
- Cut An area of severed skin. Wash a cut or scrape it with soap and water, and keep it clean and dry. Putting…
- Extension The process of straitening or the state of being strait. Extension of the hip and knee joints is necessary to…
- Glucuronosyltransferase, UDP- A liver enzyme essential to the disposal of bilirubin (the chemical that results from the normal breakdown of…
- Beriberi A syndrome characterized by inflammation of multiple nerves (polyneuritis), heart disease (cardiopathy), and…
- Cryoprotectant A chemical component of a freezing solution used in cryopreservation (the process of cooling and storing…