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(Encyclopedia) cigar and cigarette, tubular rolls of tobacco designed for smoking. Cigars consist of filler leaves held together by binder leaves and covered with a wrapper leaf, which is rolled…Rudolph Giuliani
New York's mayor announces cancer diagnosis by Beth Rowen Giuliani announces that he has prostate cancer at a news conference on Thursday, April 27, 2000. (AP Photo) Related Links New Cases of…A Hall of Famer On and Off the Field
An interview with Len Dawson, Hall of Fame quarterback and prostate cancer survivor by Mike Morrison In 1999, an estimated 179,300 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United…Science News: Disease Reference Guides
How an atlas of cancer and an encyclopedia of DNA are helping us discover the origin of disease by Catherine McNiff…Milken, Michael Robert
(Encyclopedia) Milken, Michael RobertMilken, Michael Robertmĭlˈkən [key], 1946–, American financial executive, b. Van Nuys, Calif. Nicknamed the “junk bond king,” he was an executive at Drexel…nitric oxide
(Encyclopedia) nitric oxide or nitrogen monoxide, a colorless gas formed by the combustion of nitrogen and oxygen as given by the reaction: energy + N2 + O2 → 2NO; m.p. −163.6℃; b.p. −151.8℃. Nitric…Jacob, François
(Encyclopedia) Jacob, FrançoisJacob, FrançoisfräNswäˈ zhäkôbˈ [key], 1920–2013, French biologist and geneticist, educated at the Sorbonne. His medical studies were interrupted by World War II. He…interferon
(Encyclopedia) interferoninterferonĭnˌtərfērˈŏn [key], any of a group of proteins produced by cells in the body in response to an attack by a virus. A cell infected by a virus releases minute amounts…Dean, John Wesley III
(Encyclopedia) Dean, John Wesley III, 1938- , American lawyer and government official, b. Akron, Oh., College of Wooster, Ohio (B.A., 1961),…antioxidant
(Encyclopedia) antioxidant, substance that prevents or slows the breakdown of another substance by oxygen. Synthetic and natural antioxidants are used to slow the deterioration of gasoline and rubber…Trending
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