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  Huntington's disease

  The causative gene for Huntington's disease, HD, one of the first genes identified to cause an inherited disease, is located on chromosome 4. Huntington's disease is inherited in an autosomal ... > more
• Virology
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  Virus

  A virus is a microscopic particle that can infect the cells of a biological organism. Viruses can only replicate themselves by infecting a host cell and therefore cannot reproduce on their own. At ... > more
• Stem Cells
  Prostate Cancer
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  Embryonic stem cell

  Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are stem cells derived from the undifferentiated inner mass cells of a human embryo. Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent, meaning they are able to grow (i.e. ... > more
• Prions
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  Prion

  A prion (short for proteinaceous infectious particle) is a unique type of infectious agent, as it is made only of protein. It is now commonly accepted that prions are responsible for a number of ... > more
• Molecular Biology
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  Protein structure

  Proteins, similar to carbohydrates and lipids, are made up of such elements as carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. They are amino acid chains, made up from 20 different L-alpha-amino acids, also referred to ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
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  Insulin-like growth factor

  The insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are polypeptides with high sequence similarity to insulin. IGFs are part of a complex system that cells use to communicate with their physiologic environment. ... > more
• Inorganic Chemistry
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  Radical (chemistry)

  In chemistry, radicals (often referred to as free radicals) are atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons on an otherwise open shell configuration. These unpaired electrons are usually ... > more
• Liver Disease
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  Hepatitis B

  Originally known as serum hepatitis, hepatitis B has only been recognized as such since World War II, and has caused current epidemics in parts of Asia and ... > more
• Healthy Aging
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  Spinal muscular atrophy

  Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a term applied to a number of different disorders, all having in common a genetic cause and the manifestation of weakness due to loss of the motor neurons of the ... > more
• Bacteria
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  Bacteria

  Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. Most are microscopic and unicellular, with a relatively simple cell structure lacking a cell nucleus, and organelles such as ... > more

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