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Asunercept

Asunercept, also known as APG101, CAN008, or Apocept, is an investigational human fusion protein that blocks CD95L signaling, developed chiefly to treat glioblastoma and myelodysplastic syndrome.

Asur (असुर) (TV series)

Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side (असुर) is an Indian Hindi psychological crime thriller web series created by Gaurav Shukla, starring Arshad Warsi and Barun Sobti as CBI forensic experts hunting a mythology-obsessed serial killer; premiered on Voot in 2020, season 2 in 2023, season 3 filming for JioHotstar.

Asura

Asura (Sanskrit asura; Chinese 阿修羅, axiuluo; Tibetan lha min) is a class of powerful non-human beings: originally an honorific for Vedic gods like Varuna, later the anti-gods warring with the devas, and in Buddhism both guardians of the teaching and one of the six realms of rebirth.

Asura (musician)

Asura is a French electronic music project from Lyon, formed in 1996, blending psybient, ambient, downtempo, and goa trance, led by Charles Farewell since 2005.

Asura (TV series)

Asura (阿修羅のごとく, Ashura no Gotoku) is a 2025 seven-episode Netflix Japanese drama written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, remaking Kuniko Mukōda's 1979 NHK classic about four 1979 Tokyo sisters confronting their father's affair; it holds a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score and Metacritic 89.

Asura (阿修罗) (Buddhism)

Asura (阿修罗, Tibetan lha ma yin) in Buddhism: a class of powerful, conflict-prone beings, enemies of the devas and Śakra, one of the six rebirth destinies, dwelling beneath or around Mount Sumeru.

Asura's Wrath (アスラズ ラース)

Asura's Wrath (アスラズ ラース) is a 2012 action game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Capcom, about a banished demigod's revenge.

Asuran (அசுரன்) (2019 film)

Asuran (அசுரன்) is a 2019 Tamil action drama directed by Vetrimaaran, starring Dhanush and Manju Warrier, adapted from Poomani's novel Vekkai. It won the National Film Award for Best Tamil Film and Best Actor, and collected over ₹100 crore.

Asuravithu

Asuravithu (അസുരവിത്ത്) is a 1962 Malayalam novel by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, translated as The Demon Seed, about a young Nair man's break from his crumbling matrilineal joint family.

Asure Software Inc

Asure Software Inc is an American provider of cloud-based human capital management software for small and mid-sized businesses, headquartered in Austin, Texas and founded in 1985.

Asus (华硕电脑股份有限公司)

Asus, also known as ASUSTeK Computer Inc., is a Taiwan-based hardware and consumer electronics company founded in 1989 by four former Acer engineers, known for motherboards and laptops.

Asus Eee PC

The Asus Eee PC is a line of small, low-cost laptops launched by Taiwan's ASUS in late 2007, whose first model created the netbook category.

Asus Zenbo

Asus Zenbo is a roughly meter-tall wheeled home companion robot from Taiwanese maker ASUS, unveiled at Computex 2016 for $599, able to recognize faces and detect falls.

Asus ZenFone

The Asus ZenFone is a series of Android smartphones produced by Taiwanese company ASUS from 2014, ending with the Zenfone 12 Ultra before the line was frozen in January 2026.

Asvagandha taila

Asvagandha taila (Aśvagandhātaila) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated oil of Withania somnifera root in sesame oil, listed in AFI Part II 8:2, used in abhyanga massage, basti, and nasya for vata disorders, distinct from oral ashwagandha supplements.

Asvagandhadi curna

Asvagandhadi curna (Ashwagandhadi Churna) is a classical Ayurvedic powdered formulation from Sahasrayoga, led by Withania somnifera root with Trikatu spices, Ela, Vidanga, Nagkeshara, and sugar, used for vata disorders and studied in small hypertension and menopause trials.

Asvagandhadi lehya

Asvagandhadi lehya (Aśvagandhādi Lehya), also Ashwagandhadi lehyam, is a classical Ayurvedic semisolid electuary of ashwagandha root with sugar, ghee, and honey; official dose 6-12 g, used as balya tonic and rasayana.

Asvagandhadya taila

Asvagandhadya taila (Ashwagandhadi Taila, Aśvagandhā taila) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated oil with Withania somnifera as main ingredient, used for Vata disorders, muscular atrophy, and as a Nasya oil.

Asvagandhadyarista

Asvagandhadyarista (Aśvagandhādyariṣṭa, Ashwagandharishta) is a classical Ayurvedic fermented liquid formulation led by Withania somnifera root, official in the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, with 5-10% self-generated alcohol, dosed 15-30 ml twice daily.

Aśvaghosa (Mercurian crater)

Aśvaghosa (Asvaghosa) is a roughly 90-km-diameter impact crater on Mercury at 10.61°N, 21.49°W in the H-6 Kuiper quadrangle, IAU-approved in 1976 and named for the first-century Indian philosopher and poet.

Aśvaghoṣa (अश्वघोष)

Aśvaghoṣa (अश्वघोष, Ashvagosha) was an Indian Buddhist poet, dramatist, and philosopher of about 100 CE, in the era of Kaniṣka, whose Buddhacarita is the earliest surviving Sanskrit epic poem.

Asvakancuki Rasa

Asvakancuki Rasa (Aśvakaṅcukī rasa, Ashwakanchuki Rasa), an official Ayurvedic herbo-mineral Rasa Yoga tablet (AFI 20:2, from Rasayogasagara), 125 mg dose, containing purified mercury, sulphur, borax, aconite, and croton, used for cough, asthma, and fever.

Āśvalāyana

Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन) was a Vedic ritualist and teacher, placed around the 4th century BCE, traditionally the pupil of Śaunaka, to whom the Śrautasūtra and Gṛhyasūtra are attributed.

Aşvan Kale

Aşvan Kale, also known as Asvan Kale, is a multi-period archaeological mound on the Murat river in eastern Turkey, excavated 1968–72 before submersion under the Keban reservoir.

ASVEL Basket

ASVEL Basket (LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne) is a French basketball club founded in 1948, record 21 French titles, permanent EuroLeague license, owned and now coached by Tony Parker.

Aswan (أسوان)

Aswan (أسوان), ancient Swan or Syene, is a city in southern Egypt below the First Cataract, ancient frontier market for Nubian trade, granite quarry source, site of Philae and the Aswan High Dam, and a UNESCO Creative and Learning City.

Aswan Botanical Garden

Aswan Botanical Garden, on El Nabatat (Kitchener's) Island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt, is a botanical garden and research station begun under Lord Kitchener in the 1890s, with seven sectors of tropical plants, a herbarium, seed bank, and museum.

Aswan Dam

Aswan Dam (Khazzān Aswān) denotes two Nile dams at Aswan, Egypt: the British-built 1902 Aswan Low Dam and the 1970 Aswan High Dam, a 111 m rock-fill embankment creating Lake Nasser, generating 10 billion kWh yearly and ending the Nile flood.

Aswan Governorate

Aswan Governorate (محافظة أسوان), Egypt's southernmost governorate on the Nile bordering Sudan, contains the Aswan High Dam, Lake Nasser, the Nubian Monuments World Heritage site, Benban solar complex, and gold mines.

Aswan granite quarries

The Aswan granite quarries are ancient red granite quarries on the East Bank of the Nile at Aswan, Egypt, worked from the 3rd millennium BC to the Roman period.