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Medical research

Basic, applied or translational research conducted to aid and support the study in the field of medicine.

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Aetiology

Medical; Medical research

The study or science of the causes of disease; cause of a specific disease.

Isoenzyme electrophoresis

Medical; Medical research

Whilst isozymes may be almost identical in function, they may differ in other ways. In particular, amino acid substitutions that change the electric charge of the enzyme (such as replacing aspartic ...

Eye bank

Medical; Medical research

A place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects.

Isotype

Medical; Medical research

Classes of antibody that differ in the constant region of their heavy chain (Fc portion); distinguishable also on the basis of reaction with antisera raised in another species.

Isocline

Medical; Medical research

An isocline is a curve through points at which the parent function's slope will always be the same, regardless of initial conditions.

Isoenzyme

Medical; Medical research

Isozymes are enzymes that differ in amino acid sequence but catalyse the same chemical reaction.

Isozyme

Medical; Medical research

Each of two or more enzymes with identical function but different structure.

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