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Stem cell treatments
Medical researchers believe that stem cell treatments have the potential to change the face of human disease and alleviate suffering. A number of current stem cell treatments already exists, although ... > more -
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 -
Haemophilia
Haemophilia or hemophilia is the name of any of several hereditary genetic illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding. Genetic deficiencies can cause lowered plasma clotting factor ... > more -
Transplant rejection
Transplant rejection occurs when the immune system of the recipient of an transplant attacks the transplanted organ or tissue. This is because a normal healthy human immune system can distinguish ... > more -
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by a blood clot, fat, air or clumped tumor cells. By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when ... > more -
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma, also known by the eponym Grawitz tumor, is the most common form of kidney cancer arising from the renal tubule. It is the most common type of kidney cancer in ... > more -
Stomach cancer
Stomach cancer (also called gastric cancer) can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs; particularly the esophagus and the small intestine. It ... > more -
Human skeleton
The human skeleton is made of individual or joined bones, supported and supplemented by a structure of ligaments, tendons, muscles, cartilage and other organs. The skeleton is not unchanging; it ... > more -
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 -
Sickle-cell disease
Sickle cell disease is a general term for a group of genetic disorders caused by sickle hemoglobin (Hgb S). In many forms of the disease, the red blood cells change shape upon deoxygenation because ... > more
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