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Human Genome Project
International effort aimed at identifying and sequencing (ordering) all of the bases in the human genome. American participation in this monumental undertaking has been supported by funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and…
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- Disease, Chagas See: Chagas disease.
- Inversion, pericentric chromosome A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that includes the centromere (and so is…
- Hearing aid An instrument to help in hearing. There are four common styles of hearing aids. From largest to smallest…
- Deinococcus radiodurans A bacterium that can survives extremely high levels of radiation and therefore has high potential for…
- Selenocysteine An amino acid in which selenium takes the place of sulfur in the amino acid cysteine. Its formula is…
- Willis, circle of A cancer of the kidney and one of the most important malignancies in childhood, due to loss or inactivation…
- Bubonic plague The most common form of the plague, named for the characteristic buboes -- buboes are enlarged lymph nodes…
- Granny cam A camcorder (a video camera and video recorder in one unit) that displays a live feed of elderly people, as…
- Biliary Having to do with the gallbladder, bile ducts, or bile. The biliary system itself consists of the gallbladder…
- Caspase-3 See: Caspase 3