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Unusual names have caused issues for scientists explaining genetic diseases to lay-people, such as when an individual is affected by a gene with an offensive or insensitive name. [13] This has particularly been noted in patients with a defect in the sonic hedgehog gene pathway and the disease formerly named CATCH22 for "cardiac anomaly, T-cell ...
A viral disease of unknown origin. When a human is infected with wildfire, the disease will infect all cells and lay dormant until the host dies. After the victim's clinical death, the host will be reanimated and exhibit zombie-like behavior. However the disease will only activate lower brain function, mostly those controlled by the brain-stem ...
Contagious disease, a subset of infectious diseases. Cryptogenic disease, a disease whose cause is currently unknown. Disseminated disease, a disease that is spread throughout the body. Environmental disease; Lifestyle disease, a disease caused largely by lifestyle choices. Localized disease, a disease affecting one body part or area.
The world's oldest real-life "Benjamin Button" is barely older than a teenager, but he has the body of a 160-year-old. Rupesh Kumar, 21, lives in India and weighs under 45 pounds, Express reports .
A rare disease is technically defined (in the European Union) as a disease that is found in fewer than 5 people per every 10,000 people. ...
The dark comedy stars a bunch of big names, including Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano, and dives into several different storylines. Starting in episode three, we learn that Dennis (O-T Fagbenle) has ...
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...
Illnesses transmitted from animals to humans could kill 12 times as many people in 2050 than they did in 2020, researchers have warned.. Epidemics caused by zoonotic diseases – also known as ...