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A substance used to make drugs that are used to treat several heart conditions, including congestive heart failure. Digitalis is made from the dried leaves of Digitalis purpurea (common foxglove) plants. It is a type of cardiac glycoside.
Industry:Health care
A cell that carries oxygen to all parts of the body. Also called RBC and red blood cell.
Industry:Health care
A hormone released from special cells in the lining of the stomach after eating. Gastrin causes the stomach to release an acid that helps digest food.
Industry:Health care
In oncology, describes cancer that responds to hormone treatment.
Industry:Health care
Within the pelvis, the lower part of the abdomen between the hip bones.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood. It is also being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of cancer. Lovastatin is a type of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin). Also called Mevacor.
Industry:Health care
A short sequence of DNA, usually 1 to 4 basepairs (a unit of DNA), that is repeated together in a row along the DNA molecule. There is variation from person to person in the number of repeats. There are hundreds of places in human DNA that contain microsatellites.
Industry:Health care
Describes a clinical trial or other experiment in which the researchers know what treatments are being given to each study subject or experimental group. If human subjects are involved, they know what treatments they are receiving.
Industry:Health care
A drug that is used to treat hypercalcemia (too much calcium in the blood) and cancer that has spread to the bones. It belongs to the family of drugs called bisphosphonates.
Industry:Health care
Surgery to remove part of the pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the interior wall of the chest cavity).
Industry:Health care
