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Sabin, Albert
(1906-93) Pioneering researcher on viruses and viral diseases who developed the oral live-virus vaccine against polio. Sabin's vaccine came to be preferred over the alternative killed-virus vaccine developed by his bitter rival Dr. Jonas…
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- Tubercular See: Tuberculous
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- Drosophila The fruit fly. One species, Drosophila melanogaster, is a favorite model organism in genetics and…
- ALS7 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7
- Right ventricle The lower right chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium and pumps it…
- Intensive care See critical care
- Secretase, beta- An enzyme that appears to be directly involved in the early development of Alzheimer's disease…
- Cancer, penis S: Cancer of the penis is a disease in which malignant cells originate in the tissues of the penis. Cancer of…
- Immunosuppressant An agent that can suppress or prevent the immune response. Immunosuppressants are used to prevent rejection…
- Cholera genome The genome of the bacterium called Vibrio cholerae that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million…