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Adoption from foster care (United States)

Adoption from foster care in the United States is the adoption of a child in public custody, typically after termination of parental rights, often with state subsidies.

Adoption Information Disclosure Act

The Adoption Information Disclosure Act, 2005 (Bill 183) is an Ontario statute opening sealed adoption records: adoptees 18+ and birth parents gain access to original birth registrations and adoption orders, with notice protections, later amended by the 2008 Access to Adoption Records Act after a 2007 unconstitutionality ruling.

Sep 24, 2026

Adoption of Buddhism in Silla

The adoption of Buddhism in Silla (신라의 불교 수용) was the official recognition of Buddhism in the Korean kingdom of Silla, traditionally dated to 527.

Adoption of Judaism by Himyar

The adoption of Judaism by Himyar, or Himyarite conversion to Judaism, made the Himyarite kingdom of ancient South Arabia Jewish between 380 and 384 CE.

Adoption of the Gregorian calendar

The adoption of the Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian calendar by decree of Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, with countries adopting it over three centuries.

Adoption reunion registry

Adoption reunion registry, also called mutual consent registry: a database where adoptees and birth relatives register so a match can be made; about 30 US states plus Puerto Rico run one, and the nonprofit ISRR (founded 1975) is the largest private registry.

Adoption Stela of Amenirdis I

The Adoption Stela of Amenirdis I is an Egyptian inscription recording Amenirdis I, daughter of Kashta, as successor to the God's Wife of Amun at Thebes.

Adoption Stela of Aspelta

The Adoption Stela of Aspelta is a hieroglyphic stela from year 3 of Kushite king Aspelta, recording the transfer of Madiqen's temple allowance to Henuttakhebit at Sanam.

Adoption Stela of Nitocris

The Adoption Stela of Nitocris, also known as the Stela of the Adoption of Nitocris, is a granite stela from Karnak recording Princess Nitocris's adoption as future God's Wife of Amun in 656 BC.

Adoption stelae of the God's Wives of Amun

The adoption stelae of the God's Wives of Amun are Theban inscriptions of the 7th and 6th centuries BC recording successors to Egypt's highest female priestly office.

Sep 29, 2026

Adoptive cell therapy

Adoptive cell therapy, also called adoptive immunotherapy, is a cancer treatment in which a patient's immune cells are engineered or expanded outside the body and infused to attack tumors.

Sep 29, 2026

Adoptive cell transfer

Adoptive cell transfer (ACT) is an immunotherapy in which a patient's own or donor immune cells are modified and reinfused to treat cancer, pioneered by Steven Rosenberg in 1985.

Oct 22, 2026

ADOR chemistry

ADOR chemistry, first reported in 2011, is a zeolite synthesis method that disassembles a germanosilicate parent into siliceous layers and reassembles them into new frameworks with different pores.

ADORA2A

ADORA2A (formerly ADORA2, alias RDC8) is the human gene at 22q11.2 encoding the adenosine A2a receptor, a Gs-coupled seven-transmembrane GPCR raising cAMP; caffeine is its antagonist, and its blockers are Parkinson's disease drug candidates.

Adoration (2013 film)

Adoration (2013 film), directed by Anne Fontaine, is an Australian–French drama set in a seaside town where two friends begin affairs with their neighbors' sons.

Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi, also called the Adoration of the Kings, is the biblical episode in which the Magi offer the infant Jesus gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Adore Delano

Adore Delano, stage name of Danny Noriega from Azusa, California, is an American singer and drag performer, American Idol season 7 contestant and Drag Race season 6 runner-up, known for pop-rock albums like Till Death Do Us Party.

Adoree' Jackson

Adoree' Jackson (born 1995) is an NFL cornerback from USC, drafted 18th overall by the Titans in 2017; later Giants and Eagles, a return specialist and two-way college player.

Adou Thiero

Adou Thiero, born 2004, is an American NBA forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, drafted 36th overall in 2025 by Brooklyn after playing at Kentucky and Arkansas; known for athleticism, defense, and weak three-point shooting.

Oct 22, 2026

Adowa

Adowa is a dance-drumming genre of the Akan people of Ghana, performed at funerals and festivals, and the most widespread social dance of the Asante.

ADP (company)

ADP, or Automatic Data Processing, is an American provider of payroll, HR, and benefits services serving over 1.1 million clients, founded by Henry Taub in 1949.

Oct 15, 2026

ADP-ribose

ADP-ribose (ADPR) is an organic molecule of adenosine diphosphate linked to a ribose sugar, produced when NAD+ is degraded and used in ADP-ribosylation, which regulates DNA repair and immunity.

ADP-ribose hydrolase

ADP-ribose hydrolases (ARH family: ARH1, ARH2, ARH3; also macrodomain hydrolases PARG, MacroD1/D2, TARG1) are enzymes reversing protein ADP-ribosylation; ARH3 is a Mg2+-dependent serine mono- and poly-ADP-ribosylhydrolase with an all-alpha-helical di-Mg2+ catalytic center.

ADP-ribosylation factor 6

ADP-ribosylation factor 6 (ARF6), the sole class III ARF small GTPase, regulates endocytosis, recycling, actin remodeling, development, and cancer invasion; distinct from ARF1-5 in localization and brefeldin A resistance.

ADP-ribosylation factor-like protein 2

ARL2 (ADP-ribosylation factor-like protein 2, ARFL2) is a conserved 21-kDa ARF-family GTPase regulating tubulin folding, microtubule dynamics, and mitochondrial fusion, motility, and ATP levels from the intermembrane space.

ADP/ATP translocase 4

ADP/ATP translocase 4 (ANT4, SLC25A31, AAC4, SFEC) is a testis-specific mitochondrial ADP/ATP antiporter essential for mouse spermatogenesis, conserved in mammals and anole lizard, and upregulated in some cancers.

ADRA2A

ADRA2A (adrenoceptor alpha 2A) is a single-exon human gene at 10q25.2 encoding the α2A-adrenergic receptor, a Gi/o-coupled GPCR for norepinephrine that mediates sympatholysis by clonidine and dexmedetomidine and shows pharmacogenetic effects on blood pressure and methylphenidate response.