Chimera: In medicine, a person composed of two genetically distinct types of cells. Human chimeras were first discovered with the advent of blood typing when it was found that some people had more than one blood type. ... ; Back to MedTerms online medical dictionary A-Z List...
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Tests eventually showed Jane was a chimera - her mother had been pregnant with non-identical twins who had fused together in the womb to make one person. ... Jane, 52, was seen by doctors at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Jane's condition emerged by chance, and scientists say many...
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Answer: She is one of some 30 documented cases of a human "tetragametic chimera," where two non-identical twins combine in the womb at an early stage to form a single organism, says online "Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia." Here the embryo is formed of four gametes—two eggs and two sperm—with two genetically...
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In fact, when given prompt medical attention, cats which sustain a fall from two to thirty-two stories have a 90% survival rate! According to data from veterinarians in New York, cats are most likely to survive if they fall from a height of six stories, with heights over seven stories being only slightly more dangerous.
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DNA technology is helping scientists learn more about a rare genetic phenomenon. ... When two fertilized eggs fuse in the womb, they create a child with two full sets of genes, called a chimera. NPR's David Baron reports.
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In Greek mythology, the Chimera was a fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent. The Chimera was killed ... The information in this article is not meant to be medical advice. Treatment for a medical condition should come at the recommendation of your personal physician.
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For further information about this condition please see Medical Index/Entropion. ... Most fevers last 24 - 36 hours without treatment. For further information about this condition please see Medical Index/Familial Shar-Pei Fever.
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A 1996 report of British medical experts, however, linked the surge in Creutzfeldt-Jakob cases to what might be considered a dietary condition: bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, contracted from eating cattle with a form of prion disease.
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Chimera (genetics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Typically seen in non-human zoology (but also discovered to a rare extent in human beings), a chimera is an animal that has two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells that origi...
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