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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A substance that is being studied for its ability to help other drugs reach the brain. It belongs to the family of drugs called bradykinin agonists. Also called RMP-7.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to treat some types of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and severe skin conditions, such as psoriasis. Methotrexate stops cells from making DNA and may kill cancer cells. It is a type of antimetabolite. Also called amethopterin, MTX, and Rheumatrex.
Industry:Health care
An addictive, poisonous chemical found in tobacco. It can also be made in the laboratory. When it enters the body, nicotine causes an increased heart rate and use of oxygen by the heart, and a sense of well-being and relaxation. It is also used as an insecticide.
Industry:Health care
A structure found in some benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer) tumor cells. Psammoma bodies look like hardened concentric rings when viewed under a microscope. They can be a sign of chronic inflammation.
Industry:Health care
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called antitumor antibiotics. Also called BBR 2778.
Industry:Health care
Surgery to remove an entire kidney, nearby adrenal gland and lymph nodes, and other surrounding tissue.
Industry:Health care
A hormone released into the blood by cells in the inner layer of the small intestine. It is released when partly digested food moves from the stomach into the small intestine. Secretin causes the pancreas, liver, and stomach to release other substances that help digest food. Secretin may also be made in the laboratory.
Industry:Health care
Describes the layer of cells just under the ependyma (the thin membrane that lines the fluid-filled spaces in the brain and spinal cord.
Industry:Health care
Having to do with poison or something harmful to the body. Toxic substances usually cause unwanted side effects.
Industry:Health care
In surgery, keeping a tissue, organ, or body part at body temperature after its blood suppy has been reduced or cut off.
Industry:Health care
