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Across
  1. 3. A pregnancy sequel cut tragically short because the PROGESTERONE levels were insufficient to maintain the uterine bed.
  2. 4. Specialized free nerve endings that act as the tissue's SENTINEL scouts to signal the brain when a stimulus is painful.
  3. 5. The permanent chemical tag added by a CHOLERA visitor to jam the GTPASE traffic light on green, causing a permanent CAMP flood.
  4. 6. The side-by-side "beer cans" of the intestinal lining that serve as the front-line barrier against SCOMBROTOXIN and other threats.
  5. 8. The language shift where a sequence of codons on the mRNA script is converted into a functional MYOSIN workhorse.
  6. 10. The powerhouse furnace that provides the heavy fuel for the H. PYLORI-damaged stomach lining to attempt repair.
  7. 12. A permissive landing spot on a receptor where a modulator can subtly shift the performance EFFICACY of a lead actor.
  8. 15. The genomic landing pad where a phosphorylated STAT dimer binds to recruit the specific army of ISG soldiers.
  9. 16. A bacterial toxin that cuts the SNARE docking crew to cause a silent paralysis of the facial expressions.
  10. 17. The economical terminator that clears the room of calcium so that the ACTIN scaffolding can be released and the muscle can rest.
  11. 18. The final survivor count of a drug reaching the "systemic city" after traversing the ENTEROHEPATIC circulation.
  12. 19. The molecular editing that removes genomic interruptions to create a specific messenger, like the one for the pain-signal CGRP.
Down
  1. 1. A calming steroid produced by the LUTEAL factory that finds a non-genomic home on a CATSPER gate.
  2. 2. A sensory distortion where the brain interprets the gentlest brush of silk as a scream of pain, often involving a recruitment of NMDA receptors.
  3. 7. The process of drafting a working script from the DNA library to build the cellular defenses needed against a viral invader.
  4. 9. The fight-or-flight nervous system that tells your VASCULAR smooth muscle to tighten the pressure in response to an alarm.
  5. 11. The placental imposter that celebrates a baby’s arrival by mimicking the signal to prevent LUTEOLYSIS and keep the yellow body running.
  6. 13. The heavy metabolic toll taken by HEPATOCYTES in the liver before a drug traveler can reach the systemic circulation.
  7. 14. A form of "neighborhood gossip" where HISTAMINE targets nearby PARIETAL cells to trigger the stomach's acid rain.
  8. 20. A sideways shift on a dose-response curve indicating how much OMEPRAZOLE is needed to effectively silence the proton pumps.