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BASE breast cancer gene
A breast cancer gene first reported in 2003 that encodes a protein secreted only by breast cancer and salivary gland cells. Hence the name, BASE (Breast cancer And Salivary gland Expression). The normal breast makes very little, if any, of…
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- Oliva The olive, a structure in the brain
- Massage therapist A person who practices therapeutic massage. In many US states, massage therapists can be licensed after…
- Antegrade Forward-moving. As in blood flow. Sometimes synonymous with anterograde. From the Latin ante- + gradior, to…
- Thalassemia major The dire disease also known as beta thalassemia. The clinical picture of this form of anemia was first…
- Clinical aspirin resistance The inability of aspirin to protect a person from cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes
- Pneumatic larynx A device that uses air to produce sound, helping a person whose larynx has been removed to talk
- ACS (American College of Surgeons) The American College of Surgeons was formed in 1913 under the aegis of Dr. John Miller Turpin Finney 'to…
- Hydrocephalus, communicating Hydrocephalus in which there is no obstruction to the flow of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Specifically…
- Infantile genetic agranulocytosis Children born with this condition lack neutrophils (a type of white blood cell that is important in fighting…
- Signature 1) That part of the prescription that contains the doctor's directions to the patient. For example, the…