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| Clinical Trial | A scientifically controlled study to test treatment effectiveness on consenting human subjects |
| Controlled Study | Clinical trial in which subjects are in a group receiving experimental treatment or in a control group. |
| Double Blind Study | Niether the subjects or the know which subjects are in the test group or the control group. |
| Nanomedicine | Biomedicine using nanotechnology to improve health |
| Open study | Clinical trial in which subjects and researcher know who receives treatment or placebo |
| Pharmacogenetics | The study of the interrelation of hereditary constitution and response to drugs |
| Placebo | An inert or innocuous substance used especially in controlled experiments testing a substance such as a drug |
| Single Blind Study | The experimenters but not the subjects know the makeup of the test and control groups |
| SNP | Variant DNA sequence in which the purine or pyrimidine base of a single nucleotide has been replaced by another such base (also called single nucleotide polymorphism |
| Biofeedback | making unconscious or involuntary bodily processes (as heartbeat or brain waves) perceptible to the senses in order to manipulate them by conscious mental control |
| Chemotherapy | The use of chemical agents in the treatment or control of disease or mental disorder |
| Metastasis | spread of a disease-producing agency (such as cancer cells or bacteria) from the primary site of disease to another part of the body |
| Myoelectric | Utilizing electricity generated by muscle |
| Occupational Therapy | Therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life (as self-care skills, education, work, or social interaction) |
| Physical Therapy | The treatment of disease by physical and mechanical means (as massage, regulated exercise, water, light, heat, and electricity) |
| Prosthesis | An artificial device to replace or augment a missing or impaired part of the body |
| Radiation Therapy | The treatment of disease by means of radiation (as X-rays) |
