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retinyl palmitate

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Pronunciation: /ˈrɛtɪnəl palmitate*/

retinyl palmitate

Definition

A drug that is being studied in the prevention of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called retinoids.

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nuclear magnetic resonance imaging

FOLFIRINOX regimen

nitrosourea

AAP

Medicaid

fibroblast

risk-reducing oophorectomy

pregnancy

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duvelisib

HPV16 E6/7 mRNA vaccine BNT113

allogeneic CD19-CAR CD45RA-negative T cells

autologous bone marrow-derived CD34/CXCR4-positive stem cells AMR-001

fluorescent imaging agent cRGD-ZW800-1

adalimumab

autologous anti-BCMA CAR T cells PHE885

anti-CALRmut/anti-CD3 bispecific antibody JNJ-88549968

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pathogenic variant

carrier

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

cascade screening

FDR

genetic susceptibility

variant of unknown significance

genome-wide association study

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