Disease Marking Skill: the ability to identify and mark disease concepts such as:

1. Disease – a particular abnormal, pathological condition that affects part or all of an organism
2. Disease Class – a specific category of similar but different diseases
3. Symptom – the physical manifestations of a disease
4. Signs/diagnostic signs – symptoms or test results that support a disease diagnosis. These generally exclude genetic tests, which often define (as opposed to support) a disease diagnosis.

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Gene Marking Skill: the ability to identify and mark gene concepts such as:

1. Genes – a molecular unit of heredity in an organism, and is usually referred to in biomedical literature by their gene name, gene symbol, or both.
2. Gene Products – usually a protein or microRNA that is encoded by the gene and will sometimes have the same name/symbol as the gene.

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Treatment Marking Skill: the ability to identify and mark treatment concepts such as:

1. Drug – a substance that has biological effects on humans or other animals, and can be at different stages of development and have multiple names
2. Drug Class – a specific category of drugs based often (but not always) based on mechanism of action
3. Non-Drug Treatment – Non-drug-based means of mitigating a disease or symptoms of a disease

Review the rules for Treatment Marking