- Industry: Library & information science
- Number of terms: 152252
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
Use of specific drugs, vitamins, or other substances to reverse, suppress, or prevent a disease.
Industry:Health care
Use of specific drugs, vitamins, or other substances to reverse, suppress, or prevent a disease.
Industry:Health care
Using an antiretroviral (ARV) drug to increase the effectiveness of another ARV drug. For example, drugs in the protease inhibitor (PI) ARV drug class are often boosted with the ARV drug ritonavir.
Industry:Health care
Using biotechnological techniques to modify an organism by changing its genetic material (DNA or RNA). For example, bacteria can be genetically engineered to produce insulin, which can then be used to treat diabetes.
Industry:Health care
Using only one drug to treat an infection or disease. Currently, monotherapy for the treatment of HIV is not recommended outside of a clinical trial. The recommended treatment for HIV infection is combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), using a regimen that includes three or more antiretroviral (ARV) drugs from at least two different HIV drug classes.
Industry:Health care
Vertical transmission of HIV refers to HIV transmission from an HIV-infected mother to her child during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or breastfeeding (through breast milk).
Industry:Health care
Very small organs of the lymphatic system. Lymph nodes are located in many areas of the body, mainly in the neck, under the arms, and in the groin. Lymph nodes play a crucial role in the immune system. When lymph is filtered through the lymph nodes, foreign substances are trapped and destroyed by the lymphocytes that line the walls of the lymph nodes.
Industry:Health care
Viral inflammation of the retina of the eye caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV). Symptoms, if any, include blurred vision, floaters, and blind spots. In people with HIV, CMV retinitis (with loss of vision) is an AIDS-defining condition.
Industry:Health care
Viral inflammation of the retina of the eye caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV). Symptoms, if any, include blurred vision, floaters, and blind spots. In people with HIV, CMV retinitis (with loss of vision) is an AIDS-defining condition.
Industry:Health care
