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Adelphi Theatre
Adelphi Theatre, London West End venue at 409-412 Strand; founded 1806 as the Sans Pareil by John Scott, renamed Adelphi 1819; present fourth building, Art Deco, opened 1930 by Ernest Schaufelberg, Grade II listed; co-owned by LW Theatres and Nederlander.
Adelphi University
Adelphi University, formerly Adelphi College, is a private university in Garden City, New York, chartered in 1896 and the first coeducational private college on Long Island.
Adelskalender (skating)
Adelskalender (Adelskalenderen), the all-time long track speed skating ranking of Norwegian origin, combining career best times over four allround or two sprint distances via samalog points; lowest total leads, men's list since 1893.
Adelstein–Lew controversy
Adelstein–Lew controversy, or J4 hand: September 29, 2022 Hustler Casino Live poker hand where Robbi Jade Lew called Garrett Adelstein's all-in with jack-high, won $269,000, was accused of cheating, and was cleared by an investigation finding no conclusive evidence.
Adem Avdić (Адем Авдић)
Adem Avdić (Адем Авдић), born 2007 in Loznica, is a Serbian left-back for Red Star Belgrade, a former OFK Beograd loanee, and a Serbia international with 2 senior caps.
Adem Farah (አደም ፋራህ)
Adem Farah (አደም ፋራህ), born 1980, Ethiopian Somali-region politician; Speaker of the House of Federation 2020–2021; Prosperity Party vice president since 2022; Deputy Prime Minister-ranked Coordinator for Democratic System Building since 2024.
Adem Jashari
Adem Jashari (Komandanti Legjendar) was a Kosovo Liberation Army leader killed at Prekaz on 5–7 March 1998. His family's deaths became Kosovo's central resistance symbol, marked annually at the Adem Jashari Memorial Complex and studied as national memory politics.
Adem Ljajić (Адем Лајић)
Adem Ljajić (Адем Лајић), Serbian attacking midfielder born 1991 in Novi Pazar; ex-Fiorentina, Roma, Inter, Torino, Beşiktaş; 47 Serbia caps, 9 goals; twice returned to FK Novi Pazar, in 2023 and August 2026.
Adem Ramadani
Adem Ramadani, born 1978 in Skopje, is an Albanian-language singer from North Macedonia who performed folk music before turning to Islamic devotional ilahi songs in 2004.
Adema
Adema is an American nu metal/alternative rock band formed in 2000 in Bakersfield, California, gold-certified for its 2001 Arista debut with singles "Giving In" and "The Way You Like It"; its fifth album Cruel Machine is due 2026 on Cleopatra Records.
Ademola Lookman
Ademola Lookman (Ademola Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman), Nigerian forward born 1997 in Wandsworth; won the 2024 Europa League final for Atalanta with a hat-trick, was 2024 African Footballer of the Year, and joined Atlético de Madrid in 2026.
Aden (عدن)
Aden (عدن) is a port city in southern Yemen, largest city of the south and seat of Yemen's internationally recognized government. Captured by Britain in 1839, a free port from 1853 and Crown Colony from 1937, it thrived on bunkering trade after the 1869 Suez Canal opening.
Aden Adde
Aden Adde was the nickname of Aden Abdulle Osman Daar, a Somali politician who served as the first president of the Somali Republic from 1960 to 1967.
Aden Emergency
Aden Emergency (1963–67): insurgency against British rule in Aden and the Federation of South Arabia by the NLF and FLOSY, backed by Nasser's Egypt, ending with the British evacuation of November 1967.
Aden McCarthy
Aden McCarthy (born 2003) is a South African center-back for Sabah FK in Azerbaijan; a Kaizer Chiefs academy product, fifth father-son Chiefs player after Fabian McCarthy, capped by Bafana Bafana.
Aden Young
Aden Young, Canadian-Australian actor born 1971 in Toronto, known for Daniel Holden in Rectify (2013–2016), Detective Henry Graff in Law & Order Toronto, and his Black Robe (1991) film debut.
Adena culture
The Adena culture, an Early Woodland archaeological culture of the Ohio River valley from about 500 BCE to 200 CE, is known for conical burial mounds and mortuary ritual.
Adena Friedman
Adena T. Friedman is an American executive who led Nasdaq as CEO since 2017 and Chair since 2023, transforming the stock exchange into a financial-technology company.
Adena Ishii
Adena Ishii, American politician and education consultant, Mayor of Berkeley, California since January 2025; first Asian American and first woman of color in the office, elected November 2024 with 19,978 first-choice ranked-choice votes.
Adenine
Adenine (6-aminopurine, C5H5N5) is a purine nucleobase in DNA and RNA and in ATP, adenosine, and coenzymes; salvaged to AMP by APRT, first synthesized abiotically from HCN by Oró in 1960.
Adenine base editing
Adenine base editing (ABE) is a genome-editing technique that converts A•T base pairs to G•C without double-strand breaks, developed in David Liu's lab and reported in 2017.
Adenine deaminase
Adenine deaminase (ADE, EC 3.5.4.2) is an amidohydrolase enzyme of bacteria and fungi that converts adenine to hypoxanthine and ammonia, distinct from the related adenosine deaminase.
Adenine nucleotide translocator
Adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT, ADP/ATP carrier, AAC): inner mitochondrial membrane protein exchanging ADP for ATP; four animal isoforms ANT1-4 (SLC25A4/5/6/31), inhibited by atractyloside and bongkrekic acid, linked to mPTP and diseases like Sengers syndrome.
Adenine phosphoribosyl transferase
Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT, EC 2.4.2.7) is a purine salvage enzyme making AMP from adenine and PRPP; its autosomal recessive deficiency causes 2,8-dihydroxyadenine kidney stones and crystal nephropathy, treatable with xanthine oxidoreductase inhibitors.
Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency
Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) deficiency, or 2,8-dihydroxyadeninuria, is a rare autosomal recessive purine metabolism disorder causing radiolucent DHA kidney stones, crystal nephropathy, and CKD, treated with allopurinol or febuxostat.
Adenium obesum
Adenium obesum, the desert rose (basionym Nerium obesum), is a semisucculent Apocynaceae shrub from West Tropical Africa to the Arabian Peninsula and Tanzania, with a swollen caudex, poisonous sap, IUCN Least Concern status, and widespread ornamental cultivation.
Adenizia
Adenizia (Adenízia Aparecida Ferreira da Silva, born 1986, Ibiaí, Brazil) is an Olympic champion middle blocker, gold medalist at London 2012 with Brazil, also world silver 2010 and bronze 2014, longtime Osasco player.
Adeno-associated virus
Adeno-associated virus (AAV), a Dependovirus, is a 20–25 nm non-enveloped single-stranded DNA virus with a ~4.7 kb genome; recombinant AAV is the leading in vivo gene therapy vector, with approved products including Luxturna, Zolgensma, and Hemgenix.
Adenocarcinoma
Adenocarcinoma: cancer of glandular (mucus-producing) epithelial tissue; most breast, lung, stomach, colon, pancreas, prostate, and uterine cancers. Lung adenocarcinoma is the commonest lung cancer subtype; 2015 WHO/IASLC classification and grading predict prognosis.
Adenocarcinoma of ampulla of Vater
Adenocarcinoma of ampulla of Vater (ICD-11 2C16.0) is a rare cancer at the pancreatic-bile duct junction, subdivided into intestinal, pancreatobiliary, and mixed histologic subtypes with differing prognosis.