The prevention of or interference with an immune response, either by disease or drugs. After receiving an organ transplant, a patient must be immunosuppressed by drugs for the rest of his or her life, to prevent the body from rejecting the organ. 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.