Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A setting in which all grade levels are taught by a single teacher in a single room.  

A nuclear family in which only one parent is living with the children. May be caused by death, divorce, separation, desertion, or children born out of wedlock.  

The hypothesis that a gene performs a single function in a cell.  

The belief that separate enzymatic steps in metabolic pathways are controlled by genes.  

A toothache.  

The science that studies tumors. The scientific study of new growths, especially cancers. That branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors. A branch of medicine focused on the treatment of cancers. The medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and study of cancer. A doctor who is trained in oncology is…

A physician who specializes in the study and treatment of malignancies. A doctor who specialises in oncology, especially cancer. A medical professional who specializes in the treatment of tumors and cancer. A doctor who is trained in oncology, the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Medical oncologists are internists with special…

Refers to tumors, cancer, and other neoplasms. The origin and development of a tumour. Part of the DNA that contains genes responsible for cell division and tissue growth. When their expression is uncontrolled, cancer develops. When a normal cell escapes its usual constraint in terms of growth and function, it does so through the action…

The concept that mammalian cell chromosomes harbor unexpressed viral DNA and that virus growth can be initiated by ionizing radiation or by cocarcinogens causing the cells in which the viruses grow to become cancerous.  

River blindness. Caused by a tiny worm transmitted to humans by the bite of infected flies. Most prevalent in Central America and Africa. Infestation with Onchocerca in which the larvae can move into the eye, causing river blindness. Disease common in Central and South America and Africa in which the bite of black fleas transmits…