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Cancer - An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antitumor antibiotics.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: ansamycin, anthracenedione, BBR 2778, bizelesin, bleomycin, cordycepin, dactinomycin, DX-52-1, geldanamycin analog, GPX-100, idarubicin, KRN5500, KW2189, mitomycin, mitoxantrone, Novantrone, pixantrone
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Cancer - (... SIN-drome) A rare, inherited disorder that affects the endocrine glands and can cause tumors in the parathyroid and pituitary glands and the pancreas. These tumors (usually benign) cause the glands to secrete high levels of hormones, which can lead to other medical problems, such as kidney stones, fertility problems, and severe ulcers. In some cases, tumors inside the pancreas can become cancerous. Also called multiple endocrine adenomatosis, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome, and Wermer syndrome.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: multiple endocrine adenomatosis, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome, Wermer syndrome
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Human Genome - One method in which genetic traits are passed from parents to offspring. Named for Gregor Mendel, who first studied and recognized the existence of genes and this method of inheritance. See also: autosomal dominant, recessive gene, sex-linked
Human Genome Project - Cite This Source - This Definition - Manner in which genes and traits are passed from parents to children. Examples of Mendelian inheritance include autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and sex-linked genes. See also chromosome, recessive, phenotype, sex-linked
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Food Biotechnology - Occurs when alleles are inherited according to Mendel's Laws.
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Human Genome - Austrian biologist, born in 1822 and died in 1884, who laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Mendel was a monk whose controlled experiments with breeding peas in the monastery garden led him to conclude that the heritable units we now call genes were not blends of parental traits but separate physical entities passed individually in specific proportions from one generation to the next. Mendel's discoveries were ignored for several decades, but other biologists finally recognized their significance early in the 20th century. See also gene
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Cancer - (meh-nin-JY-tis) Inflammation of the meninges (three thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord). Meningitis is usually caused by a bacterial or viral infection, but sometimes is caused by cancer, drug allergies, or inflammatory diseases.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: carcinomatous meningitis, leptomeningeal, leptomeningeal cancer, leptomeningeal metastasis, malignant meningioma, meningeal, meningeal metastasis, meninges, meningioma, neoplastic meningitis