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Xeroderma pigmentosum

...human s which, among other things, predisposes the patient to pigment ed lesions on areas of the skin exposed to the sun and an elevated incidence of skin cancer . Full article >>> Xeroderma pigmentosum is a genetic disease in which some repair enzymes do not function. Organ ization ...

Viscera

...of professional human anatomists, after years of patient observation, are complete m asters of all its details; most of them specialize on certain parts, such as the brain or viscera , ... Full article >>> AutonomicNS the functional part of the NS which controls viscera l and cardiac mus...

Thrombocytes

...2; This is an autoimmune dis order in which the patient develops antibodies against his or her own platelets ( thrombocytes ). Full article >>> The cells that circulate in the bloodstream are generally divided into three types: white blood cells ( leukocytes ), red blood cells ( e...

T cell

...cularly CD4+ T cells are killed off, leaving the patient unable to fight off opportunistic infections. The HIV virus has to attach to molecule s that are express ed on the surface of the T- cells . Full article >>> Within an appropriate host cell , the viral genome is replicated and...

Suppression

Immuno suppression is the treatment of the patient with agents that inhibit the immune response . Presently the major players are: Purine analogs ... Full article >>> Suppression of the immune system is often used to control autoimmune disorders or inflammation when this causes ...

Progeny

...This works best when the stem cell s are from the patient (e.g. from the other eye). Full article >>> phenotypic ratio The relative numbers of progeny in each phenotypic category produced by a genetic cross. pheromone Chemical substance released by one organ ism that influences the behavio...

Lymphocytes

...cularly CD4+ T cells are killed off, leaving the patient unable to fight off opportunistic infections. Full article >>> In resting primary T lymphocytes , most m RNA is unstable. Stimulation of primary T cells stabilized class II containing m RNA s, but not those with class I elemen...

Lymph

...cularly CD4+ T cells are killed off, leaving the patient unable to fight off opportunistic infections. Full article >>> In the late 1860's, Friedrich Miescher isolated, from homogenates of lymph and pus cells , material that had the staining and shrinking-swelling properties of nuclei. F...

In situ hybridization

...e interphase nuclei of the leukemic cells of a patient with CML. Full article >>> One of those is called "in situ hybridization ." One thing that I would've loved to have known back when I was initially studying the antennapedia mutant in fruit flies is where certain genes are express ed...

Homozygote

... Lipo protein lipase (LPL) deficiency : a new patient homozygote for the preponderant mutation Gly188Glu in the human LPL gene and review of reported mutation s: 75 % are clustered in exons 5 and 6. Ann Genet 44(1):25-32. Girod, A., C. E. Wobus, Z. Full article >>> are more li...

Hereditary

...st described by Tousseau, who cared for a diabetic patient with cirrhosis of the liver and bronzed skin pigment ation, class ic symptoms of HH. Full article >>> Hereditary dis order caused by a mutant allele of a single gene (e.g., Duchenne muscular dystrophy, retinobla stoma , sick...

Dendritic cell

...cularly CD4+ T cells are killed off, leaving the patient unable to fight off opportunistic infections. Full article >>> If they're macrophages or what we call semi- dendritic cell s-all partners in the immune system -they come in first. They eat up large molecule s and then they grind them...

Cell growth

... powerful T- cell growth factor IL-2). Treat the patient with modest doses of cytotoxic drugs to reduce — but not destroy — the bone marrow. Full article >>> A gene whose protein products inhibit cell division , thereby preventing uncontrolled cell growth ( cancer ). tundr...

Asters

...of professional human anatomists, after years of patient observation, are complete m asters of all its details; most of them specialize on certain parts, such as the brain or viscera , ... Full article >>> Are you working towards your m asters or what? I am doing a m asters in teaching a...