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Agent

(Science: pharmacology) Any power, principle or substance capable of producing an effect, whether physical, chemical or biological.

Origin: L. Agens = acting


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Re: Re:

... dividing. Irradiation does this mostly by introducing so many errors to the cell's genome that it fails the mitosis and dies. Chemotherapeutic agents have various ways of action, but they all aim to impair mitosis and thus kill fast dividing cells as well -- or force them to undergo apoptosis. ...

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by Ahsmeah
Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:10 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Cancer = Mutation: Stopping Mutation Would Cure Cancer?
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Re: Re:

... dividing. Irradiation does this mostly by introducing so many errors to the cell's genome that it fails the mitosis and dies. Chemotherapeutic agents have various ways of action, but they all aim to impair mitosis and thus kill fast dividing cells as well -- or force them to undergo apoptosis. ...

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by biohazard
Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:23 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Cancer = Mutation: Stopping Mutation Would Cure Cancer?
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Re: water problem work sheet

... or pond)? 6. Why isn’t a Presumptive test sufficient to determine if water is safe to drink? 7. List five waterborne diseases and their etiologic agents. 8. A student obtained the following results in the Completed test from a sample of water taken from his family’s well. Should he drink the water? ...

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by nursewhitman
Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:44 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: water problem work sheet
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Views: 1845

Things that cause cancer (in modern humans who live longer)

... the diet is perhaps only one among many factors that contribute to the overall outcome. In that article you linked they also mention carcinogenic agents caused by the cooking and saturated fast, and I they sound like plausible explanations as well. But also their effect could be lessened by higher ...

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by biohazard
Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:11 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Things that cause cancer (in modern humans who live longer)
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Views: 773

Re: 'Evolution'-the most retarded myth ever.

... the main reason for biological novelty is not random mutations but genetic and genomic change by a variety of natural genetic engineering agents, competent to (re)regulate, alter and invent genomic sequences and formatting, all of them coordinated, not random.

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by Forests
Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:23 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: 'Evolution'-the most retarded myth ever.
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