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The types of cancer that alpha interferons are used to treat include hairy cell leukemia, melanoma, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Interferon was scarce and expensive until 1980, when the interferon gene was inserted into bacteria using recombinant DNA technology, allowing for mass cultivation and purification from bacterial cultures.
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Adolescents often feel clumsy during puberty because during this time of development, their hands and feet grow faster than their arms and legs do. The body is therefore out of proportion. One out of five adolescents actually experiences growing pains during this period.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Though Candida and Aspergillus species are the most common fungal pathogens causing invasive fungal disease in the immunocompromised, infections due to previously uncommon hyaline and dematiaceous filamentous fungi are occurring more often today. Rare fungal infections, once accurately diagnosed, may require surgical debridement, immunotherapy, and newer antifungals used singly or in combination with older antifungals, on a case-by-case basis.
Experiment of Lederberg and Tatum demonstrating gene transfer in E. coli.
Gram Stain of a person's Gum line
Pavlov’s Salivary Conditioning Experiment (1 of 2)
Pavlov’s Salivary Conditioning Experiment (2 of 2)
Four Possibilities in Judging the Presence or Absence of a Stimulus
Landsteiner's experiment demonstrating the exquisite specificity of the immune system.