sarcoma    cancer of connective tissue

Seed Grant    STOP CANCER Award that provides funds to promising scientists and medical students that may not have received any prior significant research support

sickle cell disease    an noncancerous inherited blood anemia caused by malformed white blood cells

signal transduction    process in a cell that responds to substances in the cell's environment

signaling    signaling: [link to signal transduction]

skeletomuscular    relating to bones, muscles, and their attachments

squamous    flat in shape, describing cells of the ephithelium and endothelium, or outer layers of skin and organs

stem cell    a cell from which other types of cells develop. For example, blood cells develop from blood-forming stem cells

steroid    a class of chemical substances that includes hormones and cholesterol