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Cancer, breast, susceptibility genes
Cancer, breast, susceptibility genes: Inherited factors that predispose to breast cancer. Put otherwise, these genes make one more susceptible to the disease and so increase the risk of developing breast cancer. Two of these genes, BRCA1…
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- Chronic disease A disease that persists for a long time. A chronic disease is one lasting 3 months or more, by the definition…
- Male genitalia The genital organs of the male. These are usually separated by convention into the external and internal…
- Human reproductive cloning HTLV. A retrovirus that causes adult T-cell leukemia. HTLV is endemic (constantly present) in southern Japan…
- Genital Pertaining to the external and internal organs of reproduction. (Not to be confused with genetic.)
- Male The traditional definition of male was 'an individual of the sex that produces sperm' (or some such)…
- Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Nat'l Institut Of (NINDS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NINDS's mission is to 'support and…
- Hairy cell leukemia A form of chronic leukemia in which malignant B-lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) are seen in the bone…
- Sentinel lymph node The first lymph node ('gland') to receive lymphatic drainage from a tumor. Which lymph node is the sentinel…
- Amnion A thin membrane surrounding the fetus during pregnancy. The amnion is the inner of the two fetal membranes…
- Microdeletion The loss of a tiny piece of a chromosome, a piece so small its absence is not apparent on ordinary…