medicine
Antihypertensive therapy seeks to prevent the complications of high blood pressure, such as stroke and myocardial infarction.
This year the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
Human chromosomes (grey) capped by telomeres (white)
Fried fish & French fries (fish & chips)
The flesh of many fish are primarily valued as a source of food; there are many edible species of fish as well as other sea food.
Shellfish include shelled molluscs and crustaceans used as food. Shelled molluscs include the clam, mussel, oyster, winkle and scallop; some crustaceans are the shrimp, lobster, crayfish, and crab.
Eggs, called roe, of various species may be eaten; roe comes from fish and certain marine invertebrates, such as sea urchins and shrimp. In some cultures, roe is considered a delicacy, for example caviar from the sturgeon.
Squid and octopus are valued as food.
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with bandaged foot.
The domestic dog's health is possibly one of the best-studied areas in veterinary medicine, since the dog has had such a long and close relationship with humans.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008 awarded Harald zur Hausen, "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer" and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, "for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus".
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