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Modifiers, biological response (BRMs)
Substances that stimulate the body's response to infection and disease. The body naturally produces small amounts of these substances. Scientists can produce some of them in the laboratory in large amounts for use in treating cancer…
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Show more- Solar keratosis Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic
- Peripheral iridectomy A surgical procedure in which a hole is made in the periphery (outer part) of the iris by removing a…
- Mg Abbreviation for milligram, a unit of measurement of mass in the metric system equal to a thousandth of a…
- Mitochondrial myopathy A group of neuromuscular diseases caused by damage to the mitochondria, energy-producing structures in cells…
- Arthritis mutilans Arthritis mutilans: An extremely severe form of chronic rheumatoid arthritis characterized by resorption of…
- Chicken genome The genome of the Red Jungle Fowl, Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens, comprising about 1…
- Pool, gene The sum total of genes, with all their variations, possessed by a particular species at a particular time…
- Kb Abbreviation for kilobase
- FBLN3 The gene encoding the protein known as fibulin 3. See: Fibulin 3
- Oesophagus Alternate spelling for esophagus. The British have an oesophagus while Americans have an esophagus. But on…
- Base sequence The order of the nucleotide bases -- adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C) -- in a DNA…
- DHA 1. Docosahexaenoic acid, an essential fatty acid, thought to be important to the development of infants…