Category: Lexical
Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)
General Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) meets a variety of protective functions in the human body and is important for the development of connective tissue, teeth, gums and bones. Vitamin C must be ..
Robert F. Furchgott
Chemist Born June 4, 1916 in Charleston, South Carolina D. May 19, 2009 in Seattle, Washington Louis j. Ignarro Pharmacologist Born May 31, 1941 in Brooklyn (New York) Ferid Murad ..
Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi, Brugia timori
The nematodes (Filarien) Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori belong to the nematodes and parasitically living organisms that can be transmitted to humans via mosquitoes. ..
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
From Trypanosoma brucei exist two outwardly not to distinct subspecies. Both occur in tropical Africa. The subspecies Gambiense is pathogen of the Western and Central African sleeping sickness, ..
Konrad Lorenz
Physician, zoologist and Ethologist Born November 07, 1903 in Vienna D. February 27, 1989 in Altenberg, Austria Konrad Lorenz is known to most people as "Father of the Greylag". He is not ..
The liver (Hepar)
General The liver (Hepar) is the largest internal organ of the human body and weighs on average 1.2 to 1.8 kilograms. As gland, the liver produces the bile, which later will be concentrated in ..
Étienne-Jules Marey
Physiologist, physicist, inventor Born 5 March 1830, Beaune (France) D. 15 May 1904 in Paris (France) The Dutch physiologist and anatomist Willem Einthoven (1860-1927) is considered the ..
Rudolf Pichlmayr
Abdominal and transplant surgeon Born May 16, 1932 in Munich D. 29 August 1997 in Acapulco (Mexico) Already in the years 1963 to 1967 livers were transferred nine times by a human on the ..
DNA viruses
General Viruses differ is their genetic material, so the genetic information of the virus, in whatever form, inter alia. DNA viruses the genetic material consists the name according to DNA, so ..