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Mage

A mage is a fictional or archaic term for a magician, sorcerer, or practitioner of magic, typically depicted as someone who wields supernatural powers derived from arcane knowledge, rituals, or innate abilities in literature, mythology, and fantasy genres (from the Latin magus, originally referring to ancient Persian priests).^[1]^[2]^[3] Its contemporary revival largely stems from 20th-century fantasy works and role-playing games, where mages are often scholarly spellcasters contrasting with more instinctive sorcerers or divine clerics.^[4]^[5] The concept of the mage has profoundly influenced popular culture, appearing as character classes in tabletop games like Dungeons & Dragons, where the wizard class (historically known as mage or magic-user) is a spellcaster relying on intelligence and spellbooks, and in video games such as World of Warcraft, embodying elemental or arcane magic users.^[6] Key distinguishing traits include a focus on intellectual mastery of magic—often through grimoires or incantations—rather than pacts with otherworldly entities or herbalism, though variations exist across narratives to emphasize themes of power, hubris, or enlightenment.^[2] Notable examples in media include Gandalf from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, a wise Istari mage guiding heroes against darkness, and the multifaceted mages in the Mage: The Ascension tabletop RPG, who manipulate reality through paradigms of belief and paradox.^[5] This archetype continues to evolve in modern storytelling, reflecting societal fascinations with science, mysticism, and the boundaries of human potential. 'Mage' may also refer to places, terms in science and technology, acronyms, and other uses as detailed in the following sections.

Arts and entertainment

Role-playing games

Mage: The Ascension, published in 1993 by White Wolf Publishing, centers on players portraying mages capable of reshaping reality through willpower and paradigm-driven magick within the World of Darkness setting. The game's core concept posits a consensual reality shaped by the beliefs of sleepers—ordinary humans whose collective consensus enforces physical laws, rendering magick that aligns with this consensus "coincidental" and safer, while "vulgar" magick defies it and invites backlash. This paradigm drives the Ascension War, a metaphysical conflict over humanity's future enlightenment or stagnation. The game profoundly influenced the broader World of Darkness by integrating themes of belief, enlightenment, and ideological warfare into its shared universe.^[7] Central to the setting are opposing factions: the Traditions, an alliance of nine mystical orders (such as the Akashic Brotherhood and Order of Hermes) united to defend diverse paradigms against suppression, and the Technocracy, a hierarchical syndicate of rationalist conventions (including the Iteration X and New World Order) that enforces scientific orthodoxy to safeguard humanity from perceived mystical threats. These groups vie for dominance, with mages drawing power from their Avatars—inner sparks of divine potential—to enact change. A signature mechanic is Paradox, which accumulates when vulgar magick is cast without adequate cover from witnesses; it manifests as reality's rejection, inflicting bashing, lethal, or aggravated damage on the caster, spawning spirits, or imposing temporary flaws, emphasizing the tension between ambition and consequence.^[7] Mage: The Awakening, released in 2005 by White Wolf Publishing as a standalone reboot, portrays Awakened mages who have transcended the Lie—a supernatural amnesia veiling true reality—to glimpse the Supernal Realms, abstract planes embodying platonic ideals beyond the Fallen World. Unlike Ascension's subjective consensus, Awakening's metaphysics feature an objective magical framework where spells draw from the Arcana without reliance on collective belief, though the Abyss—a void of anti-creation—corrupts overt displays, introducing Paradox as abyssal intrusion rather than societal backlash. This shift allows for more structured spellcasting while heightening themes of isolation, mystery, and the hubris of wielding godlike power.^[8]^[9] Awakened mages attune to Paths tied to specific Supernal Realms and Watchtowers, granting affinity in ruling Arcana like Time and Fate for the Acanthus Path (linked to the Primal Wild) or Forces and Prime for the Obrimos (Aether). The ten Arcana govern magical domains, including Death for entropy and ghosts, Fate for probability and oaths, and Forces for energy manipulation, enabling improvised or rotes-based spells scaled by potency, duration, and factors. Mages organize into orders like the Adamantine Arrow (warriors) or Mysterium (scholars), navigating politics in city-based Consilii. Resonance, a key mechanic, represents the sympathetic "echo" of supernatural forces imprinted on locations, objects, or auras, facilitating scrying via Space Arcana, attracting resonant spirits, or revealing magical histories; Hallows—sites of raw Mana—amplify specific resonances, influencing local geomancy and spirit ecology.^[10]^[11] In other tabletop RPGs, "mage" often denotes arcane spellcasters, with Dungeons & Dragons exemplifying its evolution: the class originated as the "magic-user" in the 1974 original edition—a frail, dagger-wielding scholar limited to one spell per day at first level—before renaming to "wizard" in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition (1989), where "mage" appeared as a generic synonym in supplements like the Player's Handbook, emphasizing Vancian spell preparation and scholarly lore. Pathfinder, building on D&D 3.5, introduces mage archetypes like the Arcanist—a versatile caster blending wizard preparation and sorcerer spontaneity via an arcane reservoir for exploits such as dimensional slides or quicken spells—and the Magus, a melee-mage hybrid channeling arcane power through spellstrike (delivering touch spells via weapon attacks) and spell combat, fusing martial training with hybrid spell lists.^[12]^[13]

Comics and literature

In fantasy literature and comics, the mage archetype represents a disciplined spellcaster who attains power through intellectual pursuit, ritualistic study, and mastery of esoteric knowledge, often setting them apart from those with innate magical abilities like sorcerers. This figure draws from ancient mythological traditions but crystallized in modern fantasy through J.R.R. Tolkien's portrayal of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, where the wizard serves as a guiding force of wisdom and subtle intervention, inspired by Norse Odin and Arthurian Merlin as ethereal messengers combating chaos.^[14] Gandalf's restrained use of magic—favoring counsel and fireworks over overt displays—established the mage as a mentor archetype, emphasizing moral complexity and the perils of unchecked power, influencing countless subsequent depictions.^[15] A prominent example in comics is Matt Wagner's Mage series (1984–present), an ongoing epic blending Arthurian legend with contemporary superhero tropes. The protagonist, Kevin Matchstick, begins as an ordinary, disillusioned everyman who discovers his destiny as a modern reincarnation of King Arthur, wielding a baseball bat as a surrogate Excalibur against the shadowy Umbra Sprite and its minions. Initially published by Comico as the miniseries Mage: The Hero Discovered (1984–1986), the narrative explores themes of heroism versus predestined fate, personal evolution, and the burdens of power, with Matchstick grappling with his role amid alliances of reincarnated knights and mages. Subsequent volumes, The Hero Defined (1997–1998) under Image Comics and The Hero Denied (2011–2014), deepen these motifs, portraying Matchstick's family life and internal conflicts as he denies his calling, reflecting Wagner's own life changes over decades of creation, culminating in The Hero Denied which reinforces its autobiographical allegory of growth amid destiny.^[16] In literature, mages often embody cultural and philosophical tensions around knowledge and balance, as seen in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle. The protagonist Ged, introduced in A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), exemplifies the archetype through his rigorous training at the School for Wizards on Roke, where he learns to harness "true names"—ancient words granting dominion over reality—to perform spells of illusion, transformation, and summoning. Ged's journey from reckless youth to Earth's greatest wizard underscores the mage's role in restoring equilibrium, confronting a shadow born of his hubris and ultimately naming it to achieve mastery. Later books expand this to include female mages, evolving the archetype toward gender inclusivity.^[17] Similarly, in Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files urban fantasy series, the White Council functions as a governing body of wizards enforcing the Seven Laws of Magic to safeguard humanity from abuses, portraying mages as a regulated elite whose structured power contrasts with chaotic supernatural threats in a modern world.^[18] The portrayal of mages has evolved from the ritualistic invocations in medieval grimoires—practical manuals like the Picatrix detailing astral conjurations and talismans for learned practitioners—to the integrated spellcasters of modern urban fantasy, where figures navigate technology and secrecy. This shift reflects broader narrative demands for relatable heroism, with early grimoires emphasizing solitary, scholarly esotericism rooted in Hermetic and Kabbalistic traditions.^[19] In contemporary works, gender diversity has grown prominent; Le Guin's later Earthsea novels, such as Tehanu (1990), feature Tenar—a former priestess—as a powerful female mage challenging patriarchal magical hierarchies, highlighting women's innate strengths beyond formal wizardry and critiquing the "weak as women's magic" bias. This progression mirrors societal changes, incorporating female mages as equals or innovators, as in Tenar's intuitive healing and protective magic that complements Ged's structured arts.^[20]

Video games

In video games, the term "mage" typically refers to a character class or enemy archetype specializing in magic-based combat, often emphasizing ranged spellcasting, resource management like mana, and elemental or arcane effects. This role draws briefly from the fantasy archetype of spellcasters in literature and comics. The mage class first appeared in early RPGs such as Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness (1981), where players could select a mage profession limited by low strength for weapons and armor but empowered by intelligence-derived mana for spells like fireballs and lightning bolts.^[21] Over time, mage mechanics evolved to address balance issues, such as high mana costs for powerful spells and the integration of crowd control abilities like freezes or polymorphs, allowing greater tactical depth in both single-player and multiplayer environments.^[22] In massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), mages often serve as damage-per-second (DPS) specialists focused on burst or sustained magical output. In World of Warcraft, the mage class is a ranged DPS role with three specializations—Arcane for efficient mana bursts, Fire for aggressive DoT and explosion spells like Fireball, and Frost for controlling slows and freezes—requiring careful mana management to avoid depletion during prolonged fights.^[23] Mages excel in area-of-effect (AoE) farming strategies, such as clearing groups of enemies in zones like Maraudon using spells like Blizzard or Arcane Explosion, which efficiently yield resources while minimizing personal risk.^[24] Single-player RPGs portray mages with build flexibility tied to skill trees or origins, emphasizing progression through spell schools and narrative risks. In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, mage builds commonly combine the Destruction school for direct damage spells like Flames, Firebolt, or Chain Lightning (covering fire, frost, and shock elements) with Conjuration for summoning atronachs or bound weapons to support combat without physical engagement.^[25] In Dragon Age: Origins, selecting a mage origin immerses players in conflicts with templars, who suppress magic to prevent demonic possession; the blood magic specialization allows sacrificing health for enhanced mana and powerful abilities like Blood Control, but risks party disapproval and vulnerability to anti-mage counters.^[26] Other genres feature mages adapted to their mechanics, such as in MMORPGs, action RPGs, and MOBAs. Tibia presents mages through the sorcerer vocation, which wields offensive fire, energy, and death spells like Great Fireball or Energy Wave for aggressive solo or team damage, and the druid vocation, focused on ice, earth, and healing runes for supportive crowd control.^[27] Path of Exile's Witch class, an intelligence-based starting point, enables elemental spellcasting via ascendancies like Elementalist, which amplifies fire, cold, and lightning skills such as Flameblast or Arctic Armour through gem links and passive tree nodes.^[28] In MOBAs like League of Legends, mage champions like Syndra function as burst casters, using telekinesis to hurl dark spheres for magic damage and crowd control, with abilities scaling on ability power for mid-lane dominance.^[29]

Places

Magé, Brazil

Magé is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, situated in the Baixada Fluminense region within the Greater Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. It lies at coordinates 22°39′S 43°02′W, encompassing an area of 390.775 km² and recording a population of 228,127 inhabitants according to the 2022 census conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).^[30] The municipality borders Petrópolis to the north, Duque de Caxias to the west, Guapimirim to the east, and Guanabara Bay to the south, contributing to its role as a transitional zone between urban Rio de Janeiro and more rural hinterlands.^[30] With a population density of 583.78 inhabitants per km², Magé functions primarily as a residential commuter suburb, supporting daily travel to Rio de Janeiro for employment while maintaining pockets of agricultural and light industrial activity.^[30] The historical roots of Magé trace back to the Portuguese colonial period in the 16th century, when settlers established early communities amid indigenous territories in the Guanabara Bay region.^[31] The name "Magé" derives from Tupi-Guarani indigenous languages, referring to local flora or geographical features, reflecting the area's pre-colonial indigenous presence before European expansion.^[32] By 1696, the settlement had evolved into a formal village, driven by agricultural expansion and proximity to Rio de Janeiro, with the establishment of the Parish of Nossa Senhora da Piedade marking a key ecclesiastical milestone.^[31] During the 19th century, Magé became a site of significant slave resistance, exemplified by the Quilombo de Magé formed around 1808 by escaped enslaved people from nearby farms in the forests between Magé and the Serra dos Órgãos mountains; this community engaged in subsistence farming, local trade, and raids on properties, challenging the slaveholding system until repressed by military expeditions.^[33] The abolition of slavery in 1888 profoundly impacted Magé, as freed populations integrated into the local economy, accelerating urbanization and transforming former plantation lands into mixed residential-agricultural zones, though socioeconomic disparities persisted in the post-abolition era.^[33] Over the 20th century, rail and road connections to Rio de Janeiro solidified Magé's status as a dormitory suburb, with population growth tied to industrial migration and urban sprawl. Economically, Magé remains predominantly residential, with a per capita GDP of R$19,237.2 in 2021, supported by commuting workers in services and manufacturing sectors in greater Rio.^[30] Agriculture plays a supplementary role, focusing on family-based production of sugarcane, fruits such as bananas and mangoes, and vegetables, which contribute to local markets and the regional food supply chain without dominating the economy.^[34] Small industries, including food processing and construction materials, operate alongside these activities, employing a portion of the local workforce amid challenges like limited infrastructure investment. Culturally, Magé preserves colonial heritage through sites like the Parish Church of Nossa Senhora da Piedade, constructed between 1750 and 1751 as the settlement's main temple and featuring rustic Baroque architecture with 18th-century wall paintings; this structure, now a state-listed heritage site, symbolizes the area's religious and architectural legacy.^[31] Annual Carnival festivals, known as CarnaMagé, highlight the municipality's vibrant traditions, featuring over 40 street blocos and samba schools that draw on Afro-Brazilian influences for community celebrations emphasizing music, dance, and local identity.^[35] Administratively, Magé is divided into six districts: Magé (the seat), Piabetá, Suruí, Santo Aleixo, Rio do Ouro, and Guia de Pacobaíba (including Praia de Mauá and Vila Inhomirim).^[31] Infrastructure challenges persist, particularly flooding from the Suruí River and nearby waterways like the Roncador, which have caused recurrent inundations—such as the 2013 Roncador dike breach affecting over 120 families in Vila Liberdade—exacerbated by heavy seasonal rains, urbanization on floodplains, and inadequate drainage systems. These events underscore ongoing vulnerabilities in a region prone to climate-related risks, prompting municipal efforts in containment works and emergency preparedness.

Science and technology

Biotechnology

Multiplex Automated Genome Engineering (MAGE) is a genome editing technique that enables the simultaneous modification of multiple DNA sites across a bacterial genome, primarily in Escherichia coli, using recombineering with synthetic oligonucleotides. Developed in 2009 by Harris H. Wang, Farren J. Isaacs, and colleagues in George Church's laboratory at Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute, MAGE addressed the limitations of traditional single-site editing methods by allowing large-scale, parallel alterations to accelerate synthetic biology and metabolic engineering efforts. The technique builds on lambda phage-derived recombineering systems to introduce targeted changes without relying on selectable markers, facilitating rapid iteration in genome design. The MAGE process involves the electroporation of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) oligonucleotides into bacterial cells that express the lambda Red recombinase system, specifically the β protein, which promotes homology-directed recombination during DNA replication on the lagging strand. These oligos, typically 70-90 nucleotides long with 35-40 bases of homology flanking the desired edit, are designed to introduce mismatches, insertions, or deletions at specific loci. Editing occurs in iterative cycles—each lasting about 2-2.5 hours—where cells are grown, electroporated with a pool of oligos (up to dozens targeting different sites), and recovered, allowing accumulation of modifications over multiple rounds without intermediate selection; efficiencies reach over 30% per targeted site per cycle under optimized conditions, enabling edits at 50 or more sites in a single experiment. In metabolic engineering, MAGE has been applied to optimize biosynthetic pathways, such as enhancing lycopene production in E. coli by five-fold through simultaneous modifications at 24 sites in the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate pathway, demonstrating its utility for biofuel precursor synthesis. Adaptations of MAGE principles have extended to yeast, including automated multiplex engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to improve biofuel yields by tuning multiple genetic elements in industrial strains.^[36] For vaccine development, MAGE enables the precise attenuation of bacterial pathogens by altering virulence genes across the genome, as seen in efforts to engineer safer strains for live vaccines while minimizing off-target mutations.^[37] In synthetic biology, MAGE facilitated the creation of recoded E. coli strains, such as rE.coli, by replacing all 314 TAG stop codons with TAA to reduce codon usage and enable incorporation of non-standard amino acids, laying the foundation for genomically recoded organisms resistant to phage infection. Post-2009 advancements have integrated MAGE with CRISPR-Cas9 systems, as in CRMAGE, which combines lambda Red recombineering with CRISPR for near-100% efficiency in multiplex recoding while reducing off-target effects through homology-guided repair.^[38] Industrial scalability has been advanced by biotechnology firms like Ginkgo Bioworks, which employ MAGE-inspired high-throughput platforms to engineer microbial strains for commercial production of biofuels, pharmaceuticals, and materials, processing billions of variants daily.^[39] Ethical considerations surrounding MAGE include potential off-target recombination events, though these are rare due to the specificity of oligo homology (typically <0.1% error rate), prompting guidelines for verifying edits via deep sequencing to ensure biosafety in synthetic biology applications.^[38]

Computing and software

Mage AI is an open-source data pipeline tool designed for building, deploying, and managing ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) workflows using Python and SQL. Founded in late 2020 by Tommy Dang and Xiaoyou Wang, it originated from internal low-code tools developed at Airbnb to simplify data integration for product developers.^[40]^[41] The platform emphasizes AI-assisted code generation to accelerate pipeline creation, enabling users to orchestrate complex data flows via Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs). It supports seamless integrations with data warehouses like Snowflake and cloud services such as AWS S3, facilitating data ingestion, transformation, and export in diverse environments.^[42]^[43] Key features of Mage AI include a block-based interface that allows modular pipeline construction, where users define reusable components like data loaders, transformers, and exporters without deep coding expertise. Version control is integrated with Git for collaborative development, while built-in scheduling and monitoring tools provide observability through logs, alerts, and performance metrics. The open-source core, available on GitHub with over 8,000 stars as of 2025, caters to individual developers and small teams, fostering a community-driven ecosystem. In 2023, Mage introduced its Pro version, a managed cloud offering that enhances enterprise capabilities with advanced collaboration, auto-scaling, and AI-powered insights for production-grade deployments.^[44]^[45]^[46] Mage AI finds applications in machine learning pipelines, where it streamlines feature engineering and model training data preparation; business intelligence workflows for data transformation and metric computation; and general data integration tasks across hybrid environments. For instance, it enables efficient handling of streaming and batch processes for large-scale analytics. Compared to Apache Airflow, Mage offers a more intuitive UI and faster setup, reducing the complexity of YAML configurations while maintaining DAG-based orchestration.^[46]^[47] The tool's development has evolved from Jupyter notebook-inspired prototyping to a robust platform, with the company raising approximately $11.8 million in funding across two rounds by 2025 to support expansion. This investment has driven enhancements in AI features and enterprise reliability, positioning Mage as a accessible alternative for data engineers seeking to integrate AI without extensive infrastructure overhead.^[48]^[49]

Other uses

Etymology and historical usage

The word "mage" entered the English language around 1400 as an anglicized form of the Latin magus, meaning "magician" or "learned sorcerer," which was borrowed from the Greek magos. This Greek term, in turn, derives from the Old Persian maguš, referring to a hereditary priestly class in ancient Iran associated with Zoroastrian religious practices dating back to at least the 6th century BCE.^[3]^[50]^[51] The maguš were revered as interpreters of sacred texts, performers of rituals, and advisors to rulers, embodying a blend of religious authority and esoteric knowledge in Achaemenid Persia.^[52] In medieval Europe, the term "magi" (plural of magus) was commonly used to denote Zoroastrian priests or astrologers from the East, often evoking the biblical Magi who visited the infant Jesus. Travelers like Marco Polo reinforced this association in the late 13th century, describing the city of Saba (near modern Saveh, Iran) as the origin point of the Three Magi, where their tombs were venerated and annual rituals commemorated their journey with symbolic gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.^[53] This usage portrayed the magi as wise, otherworldly figures tied to Persian traditions rather than European folklore.^[51] During the Renaissance, the concept of the magus was revived in occult and alchemical circles as a model for the ideal philosopher-naturalist who harnessed hidden forces of nature. Figures like John Dee (1527–1608/9), advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, embodied this archetype through his pursuits in mathematics, astrology, and angelic communication, earning contemporary descriptions as a "magus" for blending empirical science with ceremonial magic.^[54] Similarly, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535) in his De occulta philosophia (1533) outlined the magus as a master of "natural magic," using talismans, herbs, and celestial influences to achieve harmony between the divine and material worlds, influencing alchemists and hermetic scholars across Europe.^[55] In anthropological contexts, "mage" or its cognates describe shamans and ritual specialists in Persian and broader Iranian traditions, where practitioners mediated between the human and spiritual realms through fire rituals and divination, as seen in Zoroastrian and pre-Zoroastrian Central Asian practices.^[51] This non-fictional application persists in studies of indigenous Iranian groups, distinguishing the maguš from mere entertainers as custodians of communal sacred knowledge. In early 20th-century modern occultism, Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) incorporated the term into his Thelemic system, designating "Magus" as the ninth degree (9°=2□) in the A∴A∴ order, symbolizing one who attains wisdom and declares a personal law through mastery of ritual magic. Over time, the term evolved from its specific religious connotations to a more generic descriptor for "magician" by the 19th century, as European scholarship and literature broadened magus to encompass any practitioner of esoteric arts, paving the way for its adoption in occult revivals while retaining echoes of its Persian origins.

Acronyms in various fields

In various scientific and technical fields, MAGE serves as an acronym for several distinct concepts, often leading to contextual disambiguation in interdisciplinary literature. One prominent usage is the Melanoma Antigen Gene family, a group of genes including MAGE-A1 through MAGE-A12, first identified in 1991 through experiments on human melanoma cell lines that revealed tumor-specific expression patterns.^[56]^[57] These genes are overexpressed in cancers such as melanoma and have been targeted in immunotherapy approaches, including vaccine development that leverages T-cell responses, sometimes involving cross-reactivity with related cancer-testis antigens like NY-ESO-1.^[58]^[59] In oceanography, MAGE refers to the Marine Aerosol and Gas Exchange project, an initiative under the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) program conducted primarily in the 1980s and 1990s to investigate air-sea interactions.^[60] This effort focused on quantifying fluxes of gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) across the ocean-atmosphere interface, employing techniques such as eddy covariance measurements during field campaigns in regions like the equatorial Pacific and North Atlantic.^[61] Other niche applications include the Marburg Ad-hoc Grid Environment (MAGE), a service-oriented grid middleware developed in the early 2000s at the University of Marburg for distributed computing simulations, built on standards like the Web Services Resource Framework (WSRF) and tools such as the Globus Toolkit.^[62]^[63] In education, MAGE denotes the Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education, a professional organization dedicated to promoting geographic literacy and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) instruction in schools, offering resources like workshops and lesson plans for K-12 educators.^[64]^[65] These acronyms differ from primary usages of MAGE in biotechnology (such as multiplex automated genome engineering) and computing software tools, potentially causing confusion in shared literature; for instance, searches in medical databases may inadvertently retrieve gaming references to "mage" as a fantasy archetype, while environmental studies might overlap with unrelated fantasy media citations.^[66]

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Khuzestan province is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran. Located in the southwest of the country, the province borders Iraq and the Persian Gulf, ...History of Khuzestan · Ahvaz · Khuzestani Arabic · Shushtar Historical Hydraulic...Missing: Mage | Show results with:Mage
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Jun 30, 2015 · For historical reasons, MAGE-A and NY-ESO-1 in particular have been tested extensively as components in therapeutic cancer vaccines (Figure 3).
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Mar 15, 2023 · MZ2-E (now known as MAGE-A1), the first cancer/testis antigen, was discovered nearly 31 years ago in 1991. It was discovered via the recognition ...
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Service-Oriented Ad Hoc Grid Computing
Nov 15, 2006 · These requirements form the basis for the design and implementation of the Marburg ad hoc Grid Environment (MAGE) and the Grid Development Tools ...
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The Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education is a group of educators who advocate for geographic literacy.Teacher Workshops & Conferences · Resources · Contact Us
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Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education
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MAGE - What does MAGE stand for? The Free Dictionary
Acronym, Definition. MAGE, Multiplex Automated Genome Engineering (biotechnology). MAGE, Melanoma Antigen Gene. MAGE, Mean Absolute Gross Error.