Medicine

Medicine

The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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streptococcus pyogenes

Medical; Medicine

A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria isolated from skin lesions, blood, inflammatory exudates, and the upper respiratory tract of humans. It is a group A hemolytic streptococcus that can ...

truncal vagotomy

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Bilateral dissection of the abdominal branches of the vagus nerve. It is used frequently in the surgical management of duodenal and gastric ulcers, as well as in physiologic studies of ...

The Baseline Study is a Google X project that aims to collect anonymous genetic and molecular information from thousands of people to create the fullest picture of what a healthy human being should ...

bioaffinity chromatography

Medical; Medicine

A chromatographic technique that utilizes the ability of biological molecules to bind to certain ligands specifically and reversibly. It is used in protein biochemistry.