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serum
liquid (plasma) of blood that separates on clotting
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Serum (Latin for "whey") may refer to:
Blood plasma with its clotting factors removed.
Any clear bodily fluid, see serous fluid.
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Serum is preferred for many tests as the anticoagulants in plasma can sometimes interfere with the results. Different anticoagulants interfere with different tests; using serum means the same sample can be used for many tests.
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Serum sickness
Persistent infections
Systemic lupus erythematosus
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serum: plasma from which clotting proteins have been removed.
sex chromosomes: one pair among the 23 pairs of human chromosomes; the X and Y chromosomes.
skeletal muscle: see striated muscle.
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Serum Ferritin Test: Shows the level of iron in the liver.
Liver Biopsy: Procedure in which a needle is inserted through the rib cage and abdominal cavity to obtain a sample of liver tissue for testing ...
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serum The liquid that separates from the blood after coagulation; blood plasma from which fibrinogen has been removed. Also, the clear portion of a biological fluid separated from its particulate elements.
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A serum protein that stimulates cell division when it binds to its cell-surface receptor.
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serum - whey]. 1) In histology, the term is used to mean a serous membrane such as the peritoneum, pleura, and pericardium. A serous membrane is composed of a layer of epithelium with a thin layer of connective tissue. Synonym: tunica serosa. 2) In ...
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Transferrin is a serum protein that carries iron. Receptors for this protein, transferrin receptors (TfR), can appear on liver cell surfaces. Regulation of TfR is important to the regulation of iron uptake and metabolism.
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A serum protein that stimulates cell division when it binds to its cell-surface receptor. Growth phase (curve). The characteristic periods in the growth of a bacterial culture, as indicated by the shape of a graph of viable cell number versus time.
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hapto- bind to haptoglobin serum protein which binds free hemoglobin for transport to the liver and destruction Haworth perspective formulas A method for representing cyclic chemical structures (sugars) in order to define the configuration around ...
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Individuals with type A blood have red blood cells with antigen A on their surface and produce antibodies against antigen B in their blood serum.
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I believe that the real promise comes from looking in body fluids, probably serum, for the markers that cancer cells emit, the proteins that are present in serum [that are] characteristic of cancer.
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In serum and in cerebrospinal fluid ApoE binds lipoprotein particles, which contain cholesterol esters, and is critical in the shuttling of cholesterol from cell to cell.
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immunoglobulins - a group of serum molecules produced by B lymphocytes. Also known as antibodies
infection - growth of an organism within the body ...
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Differs from polyclonal antibodies, which are mixed populations of antibody molecules such as may be present in a serum specimen, within which many different individual antibodies have different binding specificities.
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