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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
1) Broad spectrum antifungal agent used for long periods at high doses, especially in immunosuppressed patients.
2) A drug that treats infection caused by a fungus. It is also used as a treatment for prostate cancer because it can block the production of male sex hormones.
Industry:Health care
1) Cancer of blood-forming tissue.
2) Cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.
Industry:Health care
1) Cancerous; a growth with a tendency to invade and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.
2) A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control. Cancer cells can invade nearby tissues and can spread through the bloodstream and lymphatic system to other parts of the body. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia is cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the bloodstream. Lymphoma is cancer that begins in the cells of the immune system.
3) Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth. Cancer begins when a single cell mutates, resulting in a breakdown of the normal regulatory controls that keep cell division in check. These mutations can be inherited, caused by errors in DNA replication, or result from exposure to harmful chemicals. A cancerous tumor can spread to other parts of the body and, if left untreated, be fatal.
Industry:Health care
1) Carbohydrates consisting of between two (disaccharies) and ten monosaccharides connected by either an alpha- or beta-glycosidic link. They are found throughout nature in both the free and bound form.
2) Carbohydrate which when hydrolyzed yields a small number of monosaccharides.
Industry:Health care
1) Carcinoma derived from glandular tissue or in which tumor cells form recognizable glandular structures.
2) Cancer that begins in cells that line certain internal organs and that have glandular (secretory) properties.
Industry:Health care
1) Carcinoma derived from glandular tissue or in which tumor cells form recognizable glandular structures.
2) Cancer that begins in cells that line certain internal organs and that have glandular (secretory) properties.
Industry:Health care
1) Causing or imparting motion.
2) Of, relating to, or being a motoneuron or a nerve containing motoneurons (motor fibers, motor cells).
3) Of, relating to, concerned with, or involving muscular movement (motor areas of the brain).
Industry:Health care
1) Cell or organism lacking a membrane-bound, structurally discrete nucleus and other subcellular compartments. Bacteria are examples of prokaryotes.
2) Any of the typically unicellular microorganisms that lack a distinct nucleus and membrane-bound organelles and that are classified as a kingdom (Prokaryotae synonym Monera) or into two domains (Bacteria and Archaea).
Industry:Health care
1) Cell or organism lacking a membrane-bound, structurally discrete nucleus and other subcellular compartments. Bacteria are examples of prokaryotes.
2) Any of the typically unicellular microorganisms that lack a distinct nucleus and membrane-bound organelles and that are classified as a kingdom (Prokaryotae synonym Monera) or into two domains (Bacteria and Archaea).
Industry:Health care
1) Cells from which other types of cells can develop.
2) Relatively undifferentiated cells of the same lineage that retain the ability to divide and cycle throughout postnatal life to provide cells that can become specialized and take the place of those that die or are lost.
3) A stem cell is a cell with the potential to form many of the different cell types found in the body. When stem cells divide, they can form more stem cells or other cells that perform specialized functions. Embryonic stem cells have the potential to form a complete individual, whereas adult stem cells can only form certain types of specialized cells. Stem cells continue to divide as long as the individual remains alive.
Industry:Health care
