Weathering and erosion. Weathering is the process where rock is dissolved, worn away or broken down into smaller and smaller pieces. There are mechanical, chemical and organic weathering processes.
What is trinucleotide repeat disorders? A class of genetic diseases that causes expansion of the number of trinucleotide (three base repeats of CG-rich units) within a gene sometimes associated with deleterious consequences.
Deoxyribonuclease. Deoxyribonuclease (pronounced dee-oxy-rybo-noo-clee-ase), or recombinant human deoxyribonuclease 1 (rhDNase or DNase), is an experimental drug used to treat cystic fibrosis (CF), an inherited lung disease. People with CF experience chronic (constant) and increasingly worse symptoms throughout their lives.