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- Human kinome See Kinome
- Repetitive DNA DNA sequences that are repeated in the genome. These sequences do not code for protein. One class termed…
- Neuroma, acoustic A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from…
- Erythroleukemia A form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) involving the cells that give rise to the erythrocytes (the red blood…
- Local therapy Treatment that affects only a tumor and the area close to it.
- Levo-alpha acetyl methadol Abbreviated LAAM. An alternative to methadone. See: LAAM
- Thymosin One of several polypeptide hormones secreted by the thymus that control the maturation of T cells. They are…
- Foreskin and glans, inflammation of the In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Microtubule motor protein A protein that plays a role in spindle assembly and function or in chromosome movement during meiosis or…
- Colon The part of the large intestine that runs from the cecum to the rectum as a long hollow tube that serves to…
- Maternal age The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…