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Diabetes, insulin-resistant
An autoimmune form of diabetes, in which the body develops an immune response to its own insulin hormone. This form of diabetes is probably the most difficult type to treat, but it can be done. Treatment includes very careful diet…
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- Vaccine, Salk Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the…
- Virus, JC JC virus
- Gullet The esophagus. The words esophagus and gullet differ in origin. Esophagus comes from the Greek whereas gullet…
- Genomics, structural The study of the proteome, the three-dimensional structures of all of the proteins produced by a species. In…
- Surfactant A fluid secreted by the cells of the alveoli (the tiny air sacs in the lungs) that serves to reduce the…
- External radiation therapy Radiation therapy using a machine located outside the body to aim high-energy rays at a tumor.
- Trisomy The presence of three copies of a chromosome rather than the normal two. The most common trisomies in…
- ATM Symbol for the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene. The protein made by the ATM gene functions to…
- Physician assistant (PA) >Medical histories and physical examinations: a PA is usually can perform histories and physical examinations…
- Takayasu disease Takayasu disease: A chronic inflammatory disease of the aorta and its branch arteries. The cause is unknown…
- Hyperopia Farsightedness; the ability to see distant objects more clearly than close objects. Hyperopia may be…