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Germs are little bugs or other gross things. But germs are very small organisms (or living beings), capable of causing diseases. -
Vaccines activate the body's natural defenses so that it learns to resist specific infections, and strengthens the immune system. -
Anesthesia is a controlled medical act in which drugs are used to block a patient's tactile and painful sensitivity, whether in all or part of their body and whether with or without compromise of consciousness. -
Computed tomography, CT, is an imaging procedure that uses special x-ray equipment to create detailed images, or scans, of internal regions of the body. It is also sometimes called computed axial tomography (CAT). -
Immunotherapy treats the patient (by boosting their immune system) rather than treating the disease itself, as chemotherapy and radiation therapy does. Patients can be tested for biomarkers that can indicate whether immunotherapy may be effective. -
Radiotherapy is one of the most used oncological treatments and is much less aggressive than chemotherapy, with fewer unfavorable side effects. -
type of radiation used to diagnose cancer and other diseases -
Genetics is a branch of biology that studies how hereditary characteristics are transmitted from generation to generation. -
Transplantation is a procedure done to replace one of your organs with another person's healthy organ. Surgery is only one part of a complex and lengthy process. -
Chemotherapy is a drug treatment with strong chemicals that destroys fast-growing cells in the body. Chemotherapy is often used to treat cancer because cancer cells grow and multiply much faster than most cells in the body. -
Insulin is a hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas in the islets of Langerhans.
whose main function is
intervene in the metabolism of glucose that comes from food or that produced
within the organism. -
antibiotics from the beta-lactam group used in the treatment of infections caused by sensitive bacteria -
An exoskeleton is generally considered to be a hard mechanical frame with joints that allow movement by the human operator. There are other types of exoskeletons that are softer and are worn on the body, relying on the internal skeleton of the human being. -
Gene therapy is an experimental technique that uses genes to treat or prevent diseases. The most common form of gene therapy involves inserting a normal gene to replace an abnormal one. -
Service robots are those that work autonomously or semi-autonomously to perform tasks useful for the well-being of people.