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Males And Females Pituitary Gland
1,352 wordsAcromegaly (Greek for appendage enlargement) is a rare but very serious disease frequently referred to as Gigantism or Giantism. It is the direct result of an overproduction and secretion of the adenohypophyseal growth hormone GH. True to its name, the disease is characterized by an enlargement of the organs, bones, and soft tissues, as well as a thickening of the skin and bodily membranes; and is frequently difficult to diagnose, as symptoms often do not appear until middle age. Typically the d...
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Agent Orange And Vietnam
1,424 wordsWe must do everything in our power to make the world recognize that our veterans are still paying a high price for fighting the war in Vietnam. Agent Orange is slowly taking the lives of these brave veterans. The government has recognized some diseases but the rules to compensation can be complex. It was in the 1960 's that we were in the process of trying to destroy vegetation and brush in Vietnam, in doing so we proceeded to contaminate one of the largest parts of the environment, Humankind. W...
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Benign Tumors Malignant Tumors
1,817 wordsSarcoma Sarcoma, highly malignant tumor arising in connective- and muscle-cell tissue. It is the result of oncogenes (the cancer causing genes of some viruses) and proto-oncogenes (cancer causing genes in human cells). It may affect bone, cartilage, blood vessels, lymph nodes, and skin. Soft tissue sarcomas are malignant (cancerous) tumors that can develop from fat, muscle, nerve, joint, blood vessel, or deep skin tissues. They can develop in any part of the body. Half of them develop in the arm...
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Soft Tissue Radiation Therapy
1,861 words... in which they developed DNA expression profiles that can be used to accurately diagnose nine soft-tissue sarcoma subtypes, representing approximately 70 % of these cancers. To develop such profiles, researchers use a gene-expression microarray, or "gene chip. " The chip contains thousands of known gene samples printed onto a quartz wafer in tiny dots. When a gene in a study cell matches one on the chip, it binds tightly, like two pieces of a puzzle. The cellular material causes the matched g...
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Environmental Protection Agency Agent Orange
1,129 wordsDioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals known. A report released for public comment in September 1994 by the US Environmental Protection Agency clearly describes dioxin as a serious public health threat. The public health impact of dioxin may rival the impact that DDT had on public health in the 1960 s. According to the EPA report, not only does there appear to be no " safe" level of exposure to dioxin, but levels of dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals have been found in the general US ...
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