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Stewart, Alice
(1906-2002) English physician and epidemiologist who discovered the connection between fetal X-rays and childhood cancer. Dr. Stewart found that a single diagnostic X-ray during pregnancy was enough to nearly double the risk of cancer for…
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- DNA assembly The process of putting fragments of DNA that have been sequenced into their correct chromosomal positions…
- Diabetes, non-insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.
- Enteropathy Any pathology (disease) of the intestine.
- Chromatin remodelling See: Chromatin remodeling
- Reflex, patellar tendon See: Knee jerk
- G-CSF Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. A colony-stimulating factor that stimulates the production of…
- Leukemia, acute lymphoblastic See: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- PARK9 Familial Parkinson disease type 9
- Oligomenorrhea A reduction in number of menstrual periods and/or amount of menstrual flow.
- ERG Electroretinography
- Immunity The condition of being immune. Immunity can be innate (for example, humans are innately immune to canine…