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  • 51Interleukin-3 — A protein that stimulates the immune system to develop mast cells and bone marrow cells. Abbreviated IL 3. * * * A cytokine derived from activated CD4+ lymphocytes, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells that increases production of monocytes. It… …

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  • 52Hemangioblast — is a multipotent cell, common precursor to hematopoietic and endothelial cells. Hemangioblast was first hypothesized in 1900 by W. His. Hemangioblasts have been first extracted from embryonic cultures and manipulated by cytokines to differentiate …

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  • 53Prion — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Prion Diseases (TSEs) ICD10 = A81 ICD9 = ICD9|046 A prion (IPAEng|ˈpriːɒn [OED|Prion] Audio|Pronunciation prion.ogg|listen) is thought to be an infectious agent that, according to current scientific consensus, is… …

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  • 54bone marrow transplant — ▪ medicine Introduction  the transfer of bone marrow from a healthy donor to a recipient whose own bone marrow is affected by disease. Bone marrow transplant may be used to treat aplastic anemia; sickle cell anemia; various malignant diseases of… …

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  • 55Sean J. Morrison — is a research associate professor at the University of Michigan’s Life Sciences Institute as the director for the Center for Stem Cell Biology; an associate professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine Genetics …

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  • 56multiple sclerosis — Pathol. a chronic degenerative, often episodic disease of the central nervous system marked by patchy destruction of the myelin that surrounds and insulates nerve fibers, usually appearing in young adulthood and manifested by one or more mild to… …

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  • 57Blood substitute — A blood substitute (also called artificial blood or blood surrogates) is a substance used to mimic and fulfill some functions of biological blood, usually in the oxygen carrying sense. They aim to provide an alternative to blood transfusion,… …

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  • 58MicroRNA — The stem loop secondary structure of a pre microRNA from Brassica oleracea. A microRNA (abbreviated miRNA) is a short ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule found in eukaryotic cells. A microRNA molecule has very few nucleotides (an average of 22)… …

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  • 59T cell — T cells belong to a group of white blood cells known as lymphocytes, and play a central role in cell mediated immunity. They can be distinguished from other lymphocyte types, such as B cells and natural killer cells by the presence of a special… …

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  • 60CDCP1 — CUB domain containing protein 1, also known as CDCP1, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: CDCP1 CUB domain containing protein 1| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=64866| accessdate …

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