The process of taking eggs from a woman, either the birth mother or a donor, and fertilizing them in a dish using a man's sperm. Once they begin to divide they are inserted into a woman's uterus. A stroke or brain attack caused by a blockage in a blood vessel. Most strokes are ischemic. A synthetic form of dopamine, used to treat Parkinson's disease.
Dopamine is a natural neurotransmitter that helps the brain regulate movement and emotions.
A left ventricular assist device, or a surgically implanted machine that helps a failing heart pump blood. Energy-producing capsules found in the cytoplasm of a cell. They are autonomous, meaning they have their own DNA and do not depend on the genes in the nucleus for information. A change in the string of DNA that makes up a gene. As a result, the gene no longer makes a proper copy of the protein it codes for.