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Toxicogenomics
The collection, interpretation, and storage of information about gene and protein activity in order to identify toxic substances in the environment, and to help treat people at the greatest risk of diseases caused by environmental…
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Show more- Bowel Another name for the intestine. The small bowel and the large bowel are the small intestine and large…
- Diabetes, ketosis-prone See Diabetes, type 1
- TSD Abbreviation for Tay-Sachs disease, a genetic metabolic disorder. See: Tay-Sachs disease
- Biopsy, brain See: Brain biopsy
- Vesicle, seminal See: Seminal vesicle
- Syndrome, Achoo A disorder characterized by nearly uncontrollable paroxysms of sneezing provoked in a reflex fashion by the…
- Debris flow injury Also known as mudslide injury. See: Landslide injury
- Filoviridae A family of viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever. Filoviruses have single- stranded RNA as their genetic…
- Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's…
- Bruton agammaglobulinemia tyrosine kinase A genetic type of immunodeficiency characterized by failure to produce mature B lymphocytes and gamma…
- Conotoxin A toxin made by cone snails (Conidae), also called cone shells, which are fish-eating snails that inhabit…
- Cardiac conduction system The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and…