| Baltic myoclonus disease | One of the familial light sensitive myoclonic epilepsies. Unlike Lafora body polymyoclonus, where inclusion bodies are seen in the brain cells, the prognosis is often favourable. Probably an autosomal recessive disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| baltic states | The collective name for the republics of estonia, latvia, and lithuania on the eastern shore of the baltic sea. (12 Dec 1998) |
| baltimore oriole | <zoology> A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named after Lord Baltimore, because its colours (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms. Synonym: golden robin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Baltimore, David | <person> Born 1938. An American molecular biologist and virologist who won the Nobel Prize in 1975 for discovering that retroviruses (a group of viruses that uses RNA to code their genomes instead of DNA) make the enzyme reverse transcriptase, which is used to make DNA copies of RNA templates. This is useful to the retrovirus who is trying to reproduce with host cellular machinery. More important, this is very useful to molecular biologists and genetic engineers who want to work with RNA molecules using DNA-manipulating techniques. Lived: 1938- (13 Nov 1997) |