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Ames test
A test developed in 1974 by Bruce N. Ames for identifying possible carcinogens by studying their mutagenic effect on bacteria. The Ames test is widely used test to detect possible chemical carcinogens. It is based on mutagenicity in…
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Show more- Lipoprotein A complex of lipid and protein, the way lipids travel in the blood. Cholesterol, a building block of the…
- Avery, Oswald Theodore (1877-1955) Distinguished Canadian-American bacteriologist and research physician and one of the founders of…
- Peccant Unhealthy. Causing illness or disease. Peccant is one of those rarely used but apt words. The behaviors --…
- Chin Medically, the mentum. The lower portion of the face below the lower lip including the prominence of the…
- Oral contraceptive, combined Commonly called 'the pill,' combined oral contraceptives are the most commonly used form of reversible birth…
- Immunity, active Immunity, active: The production of antibodies against a specific agent by the immune system. Active immunity…
- Glutamine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. Glutamine is present in plant and animal proteins…
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy Cholecystectomy: Rem of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) by laparoscopy. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is…
- Functional genomics The function of each gene in the genome. Functional genomics is the study of genes, their resulting proteins…
- Zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT) A technique in which a woman's egg is fertilized outside the body, then implanted in one of her fallopian…
- Random numbers Numbers generated in an unpredictable haphazard sequence; numbers generated by chance alone
- Histocompatible Literally, tissue compatible. If a donor and recipient are histocompatible, a transplant is expected to be…