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Deoxyribonuclease Deoxyribonuclease
Deoxyribonuclease Deoxyribonuclease (pronounced "dee-oxy-rybo-noo-clee-ase"), or recombinant human deoxyribonuclease 1 (rhDNase or DNase), is an experimental drug used to treat cystic fibrosis (CF), an inherited lung disease. People with CF experience chronic (constant) and increasingly worse... Read more
Fibrosis Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common genetic diseases and one of the best known to the general public. There are approximately one thousand new cases of CF in the United States every year, and approximately thirty thousand people in the country are currently affected. In... Read more
cystic fibrosis cystic fibrosis
cystic fibrosis , inherited disorder of the exocrine glands (see gland ), affecting children and young people; median survival is 25 years in females and 30 years in males. It is caused by a genetic abnormality in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that results in the disruption... Read more
Scott Hamilton Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton 1958- American figure skater Scott Hamilton has experienced the highs and lows of life—from a debilitating childhood disease, to the glory of an Olympic gold medal, to the devastating diagnosis of cancer. Through it all, he has remained a beloved fixture on the figure-skating... Read more
bile bile
bile bitter alkaline fluid of a yellow, brown, or green color, secreted, in man, by the liver. Bile, or gall, is composed of water, bile acids and their salts, bile pigments, cholesterol, fatty acids, and inorganic salts. In man it is stored in the gall bladder and, in response to the action of... Read more
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cholera cholera
cholera or Asiatic cholera, acute infectious disease caused by strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae that have been infected by bacteriophages . The bacteria, which are found in fecal-contaminated food and water and in raw or undercooked seafood, produce a toxin that affects the... Read more
Gallbladder cancer Gallbladder cancer
Gallbladder cancer Definition Cancer of the gallbladder is cancer of the pear-shaped organ that lies on the undersurface of the liver. Description Bile from the liver is funneled into the gallbladder by way of the cystic duct. Between meals, the gallbladder stores a large... Read more
phenotype phenotype
phenotype Pheno derives from the Greek for display: the phenotype is the manifestation of the genetic make-up of the individual.‘Old Blue Eyes’ was the name given by many to Frank Sinatra. Having blue eyes is a trait that was part of his phenotype and is genetically determined,... Read more
bile duct bile duct
bile duct n. any of the ducts that convey bile from the liver. Many small ducts drain into the right and left hepatic ducts, which unite to form the main bile duct, the common hepatic duct. This joins the cystic duct, which leads from the gall bladder, to form the common bile duct, which drains... Read more

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