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• Lung Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Cancer
  Leukemia
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  Brain Tumor
   

  Carcinogen

  In pathology, a carcinogen is any substance or agent that promotes cancer. Carcinogens are also often, but not necessarily, mutagens or teratogens. Carcinogens may cause cancer by altering cellular ... > more
• HIV and AIDS
  Infectious Diseases
  STD
  Sexual Health
  Viruses
  Chronic Illness
   
  

  HIV

  Human immunodeficiency virus, commonly known by the initialism HIV, formally known as HTLV-III and lymphadenopathy-associated virus, is a retrovirus that primarily infects vital components of the ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  Food Additives
  Brain Injury
  Sports Medicine
   

  Excitotoxicity

  Excitotoxicity is the pathological process by which neurons are damaged and killed by the overactivations of receptors for the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, such as the NMDA receptor and ... > more
• Lung Cancer
  Colon Cancer
  Leukemia
  Breast Cancer
  Lymphoma
  Prostate Cancer
   

  Chemotherapy

  Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. In its modern-day use, it refers primarily to cytotoxic drugs used to treat cancer. Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells due to ... > more
• Insomnia Research
  Insomnia
  Sleep Disorder Research
  Sleep Disorders
  Nature
  Sports Medicine
   

  Circadian rhythm

  A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24 hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings, including plants, animals, fungi and cyanobacteria. In a strict sense, circadian rhythms are ... > more
• Virology
  Viruses
  Lymphoma
  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  Infectious Diseases
  Healthy Aging
   

  Epstein-Barr virus

  The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), also called Human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4), is a virus of the herpes family (which includes Herpes simplex virus and Cytomegalovirus), and is one of the most common viruses ... > more
• Lymphoma
  Pancreatic Cancer
  Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Leukemia
   
  

  Monoclonal antibody therapy

  Monoclonal antibody therapy is the use of monoclonal antibodies (or mAb) to specifically target cells. The main objective is stimulating the patient's immune system to attack the malignant tumor ... > more
• Leukemia
  Osteoporosis
  Stem Cells
  Bone and Spine
  Lymphoma
  Healthy Aging
   

  Bone marrow transplant

  Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a medical procedure in the field of hematology and oncology that involves transplantation of hematopoietic stem ... > more
• Gene Therapy
  Life Sciences
  Genes
  Human Biology
  Cloning
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Myosin

  Myosins are a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues. They are responsible for actin-based motility. Most myosin molecules are composed of both a head and a tail domain. The head ... > more
• Leukemia
  Diseases and Conditions
  Lymphoma
  Lung Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Cancer
   

  Leukemia

  Leukemia (leukaemia in Commonwealth English) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). It is part of ... > more

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