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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.
A form of skin cancer that begins in melanocytes (cells that make pigment). Melanoma usually begins in a mole.
Industry:Health care
A gene alteration that causes or predisposes an individual to a specific disease.
Industry:Health care
A gene having the potential for change into an active oncogene.
Industry:Health care
A gene mutation that increases an individual's susceptibility or predisposition to a certain disease or disorder. When such a mutation is inherited, development of symptoms is more likely but not certain.
Industry:Health care
A gene mutation that increases an individual's susceptibility or predisposition to a certain disease or disorder. When such a mutation is inherited, development of symptoms is more likely but not certain.
Industry:Health care
A gene or phenotype whose relative position on a segment of DNA or on a chromosome has been established.
Industry:Health care
A gene that encodes a protein with a chief function as part of a physical structure within a cell. This is in contrast to genes that encode proteins with a function that is enzymatic or regulatory.
Industry:Health care
A gene that has been found to cause cancer when it is altered (mutated). Agents that block its activity may stop the growth of cancer. A ras peptide is a protein fragment produced by the ras gene.
Industry:Health care
A gene that has been found to cause cancer when it is altered (mutated). Agents that block its activity may stop the growth of cancer. A ras peptide is a protein fragment produced by the ras gene.
Industry:Health care
