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Enzyme replacement
A strategy designed to replace missing enzyme activity in a patient. This strategy currently involves the administration of a purified protein (the enzyme) by intravenous infusion
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- Red eye Also called conjunctivitis. Redness or irritation of the conjunctivae, the membranes on the inner part of the…
- Corpus The body of the uterus (womb)
- Fear of the dark Pathological fear of the dark, an abnormal and persistent dread of the dark. Sufferers experience undue…
- Risk of recurrence In medical genetics, the chance that a genetic (inherited) disease present in a family will recur in that…
- Endonuclease An enzyme that cleaves a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) at specific internal sites in the nucleotide base sequence
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- Crime scene investigation The use of physical evidence at the scene of the crime and the use of deductive and inductive reasoning to…