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Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) panel that oversees gene-therapy research in the U.S
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Show more- Supraglottis The part of the larynx above the glottis (where the vocal cords are located). The supraglottic larynx…
- Pachy- (prefix) Thick. As in pachydactyly (thick fingers), pachydermatous (thick fingers) and pachyonychia (thick nails)…
- Antigen-presenting cell A cell that can 'present' antigen in a form that T cells can recognize it. The cells that can 'present'…
- Heparin An anticoagulant (anti-clotting) medication. Heparin is useful in preventing thromboembolic complications…
- Total hip replacement Total hip replacement: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…
- Thoracotomy An operation to open the chest
- Tomography The process for generating a tomogram, a two-dimensional image of a slice or section through a…
- Vascular hemophilia See: Von Willebrand disease
- Syndrome, renal, with hemorrhagic fever A number of diseases, also known as hemorrhagic fever, characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and…
- Integrin One of a large and very important family of adhesion molecules that promote stable interactions between cells…
- Fracture, torus A fracture in which one side of the bone bends, but does not actually break. Torus fractures normally heal on…
- Rigor A word with two different but related meanings in medicine:1. A chill, usually with shivering, as at the…