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saponin

Definition

A substance found in soybeans and many other plants. Saponins may help lower cholesterol and may have anticancer effects.

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plaque radiotherapy

mechlorethamine hydrochloride

acetyl group

health history

stage 0 distal bile duct cancer (carcinoma in situ)

genetic counselor

fibrofolliculoma

yeast infection

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anti-CLDN18.2 CAR T cells LY011

allogeneic TCR alpha/beta-positive T lymphocyte-depleted peripheral blood stem cells

empagliflozin

Stilbetin

carbon C 13 dextromethorphan

MOPP regimen

therapeutic progesterone

genetically modified interleukin-12 transgene-encoding Bifidobacterium longum

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haplotype

trisomy

summary logarithm of the odds score

Ashkenazi Jews

NGS

new mutation

affected individual

deleterious mutation

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