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Mapping Cell Fates

Fate mapping is a technique that is used to show how a cell or tissue moves and what it will become...

Venepuncture

Venipuncture or venepuncture (also known as phlebotomy, venesection, blood draw, drawing blood or taking blood) is the process of obtaining a...

Taste Centers

The taste centers are in the cortex and in the thalamus of the brain. The organ of taste is the tongue....

Developing Embryo and Implications for Disease

UC San Francisco presents Mini Medical School. In this edition, Didier Stainer, UCSF professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics explores what role...

Myomectomy Abdominal Fibroid Removal Surgery

Myomectomy refers to the surgical removal of uterine fibroids, also known as myomas. In contrast to a hysterectomy the uterus remains...

Coumadin

Warfarin (also known under the brand names Coumadin, Jantoven, Marevan, and Waran) is an anticoagulant. It is named after the Wisconsin...

Animal Cells

Eukaryotic cells are typically much larger than prokaryotes. They have a variety of internal membranes and structures, called organelles, and a...

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