Antibodies - protein molecules produced by organisms that fight disease and present immunity.
Antioxidant - an inhibitor effective in preventing a chemical reaction that increases the oxygen content of a compound.
Bacteria - an organism with chromosomes not contained in nuclear envelopes.
Bone marrow - a vascular modified connective tissue occurring in the long bones and certain flat bones of vertebrates
Bronchitis - an inflammation of muscuous lining of bronchial tubes.
Cardiovascular disease - disease of the heart
Chimera - an organism that has two or more tissue that are genetically different.
Chromosome - the gene containing structure in the nucleus
Degeneration
- having sunk below a normal condition; deteriorated
DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid; an acid that contains the genetic code and transmits the hereditary pattern.
DNA Polymerase - an enzyme that catalyzes the development of DNA strands from a DNA template.
Electrophoresis - the movement of particles through a get subjected to an electric field.
Forensic - having to do with the application of scientific knowledge to legal matters, as in the investigation of crime.
Enzyme - a protein acting as a catalyst for a chemical reaction.
Gene - a unit of heredity, a segment of DNA from which a single RNA molecule is transcribed.
Hepatocytes - an epithelial cell constituting the major cell type of the liver.
Immune reaction- a specific defensive reaction by the body to invasion by a foreign substance.
Infection- the invasion of one species into another, usually to the detriment of the second.
Lesion - an injury resulting in impairment or loss of function.
Leukemia - a type of cancer found in the blood-forming organs.
Lymphocytes - white blood cells from the thymus, their job is to ingest or neutralize the foreign invaders.
Mammogram - an X-ray for the detection of breast tumors.
Nicotine - a poisonous substance found in tobacco leaves
Plasmid - small rings of double stranded DNA.
PCR - polymerase chain reaction.
Protein- one of the four main classes of macromolecules, they are made up of amino acids which are joined by peptide bonds.
Radiation - energy emitted in form of rays.
Radiology - a science dealing with X-rays and other forms of energy.
RFLP - restriction fragment length polymorphism.
Tumor - a swelling on some part of the body.
Vaccine - a preparation of dead or weakened microorganisms or substances, injected to produce immunity to a certain disease.
Virus - an ultramicroscopic particle that can reproduce only in living cells.
Wavelength - the distance from any given point to the next point characterized by the same phase.
