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HUGO
Acronym for the Human Genome Organisation, the international organization of scientists involved in the Human Genome Project, the global initiative to map and sequence the human genome. HUGO was established in 1989 by a group of the…
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- Botulinum toxin A toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that is the most poisonous biological substance…
- Iatry International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. A remarkable example of a global not-for-profit organization working…
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- Me-too drug A drug that is structurally very similar to already known drugs, with only minor differences. The term…
- School, first American medical See: First American medical school
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- Ferritin The major iron storage protein. The blood level of ferritin serves as an indicator of the amount of iron…
- Cystine An amino acid that is particularly notable because it is the least soluble of all of the naturally occurring…
- Y (in chemistry) The symbol for the element yttrium, an ultrarare metal named after Ytterby in southern Sweden. Yttrium has…