Meningitis is one of the most common forms of infection affecting the nervous system. It is characterized by infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, centered in the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the nervous system. 1  Types of Meningitis.  Spinal Meningitis.
About NAGPRA What is NAGPRA? The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is a piece of federal legislation that requires institutions receiving federal funds to report cultural items on a national registry. Lineal descendants and culturally affiliated tribal entities or organizations may then ask for the return of these items.
Human Genome Project (HGP) n. an international research project to elucidate the entire sequence of genes on all the human chromosomes. The human genome comprises some 3000 million nucleotide base pairs forming about 30,000 genes. The project began in 1988 and was completed in 2003.