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Dobelle, William H.
(1941-2004) Pioneer designer of an experimental system of artificial vision for the blind involving the transmission of electrical signals to electrodes implanted in the brain. The system used a tiny camera mounted in glasses worn by the…
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- Reverse transcriptase The enzyme that permits the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other retroviruses to use their viral RNA…
- Stillbirth The tragic birth of a dead baby, the delivery of a fetus that has died before birth. There is no possibility…
- HBIG Hepatitis B immune globulin, which contains antibodies to hepatitis B virus and offers prompt but short lived…
- Genome, Vibrio cholerae The genome of the bacterium that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million bases in its DNA…
- Reservoir of infection Any person, animal, plant, soil or substance in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies. The…
- Y (in genetics) The Y chromosome, the sex chromosome found in normal males, together with an X chromosome
- Septorhinoplasty A surgical procedure done on the nose and the nasal septum, the wall within the nose separating the left and…
- Syndrome, von Hippel-Lindau See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
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- Lymphocyte A small white blood cell (leukocyte) that plays a large role in defending the body against disease…