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Anfinsen, Christian Boehmer, Jr.
(1916-1995) American biochemist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize for work that helped explain the structure and composition of proteins in living cells. Chris Anfinsen was born in Monessen, Pennsylvania, a small town south of Pittsburgh…
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Show more- Node, sinoatrial The sinoatrial is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the…
- Posterior chamber The space in the eye behind the iris and in front of the lens. (The iris is the colored ring of tissue that…
- Somatostatin A hormone widely distributed throughout the body, especially in the hypothalamus and pancreas, that acts as…
- Junk DNA Noncoding regions of DNA that have no apparent function. The term 'junk DNA' is a disparaging one, expressing…
- Trisomy The presence of three copies of a chromosome rather than the normal two. The most common trisomies in…
- Vaccine, Sabin The oral polio vaccine (OPV) developed by the Polish-born American microbiologist Albert B. Sabin (1906-93)
- Myotonic dystrophy An inherited disease in which the muscles contract but have decreasing power to relax -- this phenomenon is…
- Cardiac muscle A type of muscle with unique features only found in the heart. The cardiac muscle is the muscle of the heart…
- Solar keratosis Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic
- Treacle A medicinal compound once in wide use as an antidote to poisons. Treacle was a kind of salve. It was reputed…
- Syndrome, kinky hair See: Menkes syndrome
- CHARGE syndrome See: CHARGE association