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Runx-1
A protein that is a transcription factor controlling when genes are switched on or off. Runx-1 acts by binding to regulatory sequences -- specific sequences of DNA close to the genes they regulate. These DNA sequences, called Runx-1…
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Show more- Polyneuritis, acute idiopathic Also known as the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder characterized by progressive symmetrical paralysis and…
- Effective dose The dose of a drug that will achieve the desired effect
- Spasmodic dysphonia A voice disorder caused by involuntary movements of one or more muscles of the larynx or voice box. People…
- Longevity Lifespan. (With increasing longevity, women will soon be postmenopausal for one third of their lives)
- Endothelial progenitor cell A primitive cell made in the bone marrow that can enter the bloodstream and go to areas of blood vessel…
- Endothelial Relating to the endothelium, the layer of flat cells lining the closed spaces of the body such as the inside…
- Orgasmic disorder See: Anorgasmia.
- Rubeola (measles) Rubeola is the ordinary measles, an acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red…
- Endostatin Endostatin is a piece (a fragment) of a protein, collagen 18, found in all blood vessels. This fragment is…
- Type 2 myotonic dystrophy See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Dutch-Kentucky syndrome See: Hecht syndrome
- Mutism, akinetic A state in which a person is unspeaking (mute) and unmoving (akinetic). A textbook on clinical neurology…