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Cases

Case

1. An instance of disease with its attendant circumstances.

Compare: patient.

2. A box or container.

Origin: L. Casus, an occurrence

Borderline case, a patient, whose clinical findings are suggestive, but not fully convincing, of a specific diagnosis.


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Help??? Genetics problem cannot figure it out?

... two defective X chromosomes (each for other disease, but they ask for normal kid, so any of these chromosomes will be ruled out). In the other 70% cases the chromosome will be defective in 50% and normal in 50%, i.e. 35% of total cases. Thus 4.) is the right answer.

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by JackBean
Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:44 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Help??? Genetics problem cannot figure it out?
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Views: 230

Re: Re:

... of these therapies, it is paradoxically so that often the most aggressive cancers respond best to the treatments since the cancer cells in these cases divide very rapidly. Of course, the cancer may still spread too quickly to be curable. Slow-growing, "passive" cancers, in turn, may ...

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by Ahsmeah
Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:10 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Cancer = Mutation: Stopping Mutation Would Cure Cancer?
Replies: 6
Views: 1025

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... of these therapies, it is paradoxically so that often the most aggressive cancers respond best to the treatments since the cancer cells in these cases divide very rapidly. Of course, the cancer may still spread too quickly to be curable. Slow-growing, "passive" cancers, in turn, may ...

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by biohazard
Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:23 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Cancer = Mutation: Stopping Mutation Would Cure Cancer?
Replies: 6
Views: 1025

Orientation of genes

... vector), do we have to place the desired gene, the reporter gene and the marker gene in any specific direction or orientation? I have seen in most cases the desired gene and the reporter gene have placed in one direction and the marker gene has placed in the opposite direction. Is there any reason ...

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by Sue4
Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:03 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Orientation of genes
Replies: 2
Views: 326

Orientation of genes

... cloned, do we have to place the desired gene, the reporter gene and the marker gene in any specific direction or orientation? I have seen in most cases the desired gene and the reporter gene have placed in one direction and the marker gene has placed in the opposite direction. Is there any reason ...

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by Sue4
Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:23 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Orientation of genes
Replies: 2
Views: 326
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