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Neurogenesis
The process by which new nerve cells are generated. In neurogenesis, there is active production of new neurons, astrocytes, glia, and other neural lineages from undifferentiated neural progenitor or stem cells. Neurogenesis is considered a…
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- Board eligible Board eligible in medicine means that a physician has completed the requirements for admission to a medical…
- BSL-1 Biosafety level 1. The lowest level of biosafety, a level that applies to agents that do not ordinarily cause…
- Spitz-Holter valve A pioneering one-way valve created by John Holter to treat hydrocephalus. In 1955 Mr. Holter, , a hydraulics…
- Black lung disease A chronic occupational lung disease contracted by the prolonged breathing of coal mine dust. The silica and…
- ETM2 A gene for essential tremor, uncontrollable shaking of the hands and head and sometimes other parts of the…
- Amyloidosis, primary Amyloidosis, primary: A disorder of plasma cells (special white blood cells that produce antibodies), this is…
- Stoma An opening into the body from the outside created by a surgeon
- Ketone bodies Chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat…
- Intermittent insomnia See Insomnia, intermittent
- DNA cloning The use of DNA manipulation procedures to produce multiple copies of a single gene or segment of DNA
- HIB This immunization is designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a bacteria…