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Pronunciation: /gˈwɑˌnin/

guanine

Definition

A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA. It is a type of purine.

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Anktiva

palliative care specialist

endoplasmic reticulum

ciprofloxacin

iobenguane I 131

liter

breast cancer

leptomeningeal

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pan-HER/VEGFR2 receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor BMS-690514

MOv19 CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing allogeneic T lymphocytes

autologous lymphoma cell lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

Mylovenge

nateglinide

anti-CD73 monoclonal antibody HLX23

mRNA-based personalized cancer vaccine NCI-4650

Ethinoral

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germline mosaicism

plantar pit

germline DNA

copy number variant

WES

metachronous cancer

negative predictive value

trisomy

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