antimicrotubule agent
A type of drug that blocks cell growth by stopping mitosis (cell division).
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256 matchesbeta-2-microglobulin
A small protein normally found on the surface of many cells, including lymphocytes, and in small amounts in the blood and urine.
Read definitiondark-field microscope
Turns the usual picture inside out by throwing away the direct light, so unstained living organisms glow against black.
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A process that allows thousands of pieces of DNA that are fixed to a glass slide to be analyzed at one time.
Read definitionelectron microscope
An electron microscope uses a focused beam of electrons instead of light to produce highly magnified images of extremely small structures.
Read definitionfluorescence microscopy
Fluorescence microscopy uses light-emitting dyes or naturally fluorescent molecules to make specific cells, proteins, or organisms visible against a dark background.
Read definitiongut microflora
Bacteria and other organisms that live inside the intestines.
Read definitionintestinal microflora
Bacteria and other organisms that live inside the intestines.
Read definitionlight microscope
The instrument behind nearly every pathology slide, and one whose limit is set by the wavelength of light itself.
Read definitionMohs micrographic surgery
A surgical procedure used to treat skin cancer.
Read definitionperflutren lipid microspheres
An injectable suspension of liposome-encapsuled microspheres containing the fluorocarbon gas perflutren for contrast enhancement in ultrasound procedures.
Read definitionperflutren protein-type A microspheres
A sterile non-pyrogenic suspension of microspheres of human serum albumin with the stable, high-molecular-weight fluorocarbon gas perflutren, used as a contrast enhancement agent for ultrasound…
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An embolic material composed of microspheres of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymers.
Read definitionRetin-A-Micro
A topical preparation of tretinoin that is used to treat acne.
Read definitionslit-lamp biomicroscopy
An eye exam using an instrument that combines a low-power microscope with a light source that makes a narrow beam of light.
Read definitionintestinal flora
Resident microbes in their trillions, doing chemical work the human body never evolved the enzymes to do for itself.
Read definitionlab-on-a-chip
Shrinking a laboratory onto a slide changes the physics as much as the scale, and that is rather the point of it.
Read definitionmiRNA
miRNA molecules are short strands of RNA that bind messenger RNA to block protein production, providing cells a way to fine-tune gene activity.
Read definitionmitotic inhibitor
Chemotherapy drugs that jam the machinery pulling chromosomes apart, so a dividing cell stalls partway through and dies.
Read definitionMSI
MSI marks a defect in a cell's DNA repair machinery, seen as changes in short repeated DNA sequences, most notably in colorectal and endometrial tumors.
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