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Enediyne
A very potent and naturally occurring antibiotic that acts by cleaving DNA. The adverse effects of enediynes on cells include mutagenicity (increase mutation), halting mitois (cell division) by arresting the cell cycle, and inducing…
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Show more- DNS On a prescription, Do Not Substitute. If a physician orders a particular drug and writes DNS on the…
- Fragile site A term devised in 1969 by Frederick Hecht to denote a heritable point on a chromosome where gaps and breaks…
- Antiinfective Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing…
- Nerve, recurrent laryngeal One of the best known branches of the vagus nerve, a very long nerve that originates in the brainstem. After…
- ITP 1. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. (Original use.)2. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura. (Newer use). Note…
- Oral contraceptive, combined Commonly called 'the pill,' combined oral contraceptives are the most commonly used form of reversible birth…
- Food Any substance eaten to provide nutritional support for the body
- Acuity, auditory The clarity or clearness of hearing, a measure of how well a person hears and monitoring the ability to hear…
- BASE breast cancer gene A breast cancer gene first reported in 2003 that encodes a protein secreted only by breast cancer and…
- Ammonia A colorless gas with a very sharp odor. Made both by humans and by nature, ammonia dissolves easily in water…
- Alpha helix The coiled structure of many proteins consisting of a single chain of amino acids stabilized by hydrogen…
- Acute confusional state See: Delirium