Whether they help calm a child with autism or keep a heavily depressed person from harming herself or himself, animal companions can be of great medical importance. (waycooldogs.com)
Taken together, these results suggest that it's time to reexamine the biological and medical importance of the X chromosome. (sciencedaily.com)
This mosquito is considered among the most invasive animal species on earth and is of considerable medical importance as a vector of Dengue fever, Chikungunya, and a number of other arthropod - borne viruses. (gumc.georgetown.edu)