Certain rare plants containing cyanide include apricot pits and a type of potato called cassava. Fortunately, only chronic or massive ingestion of any of these plants can lead to serious poisoning.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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Looking at the sun may not only cause headache and distort your vision temporarily, but it can also cause permanent eye damage. Any exposure to sunlight adds to the cumulative effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on your eyes. UV exposure has been linked to eye disorders such as macular degeneration, solar retinitis, and corneal dystrophies.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
Response of a yeast cell to glucose
Giant cell tumor of tendon sheath.
Plant Cell
Sickle Cell
The bacterial cell wall: (a) gram-positive bacterium; (b) gram-negative bacterium.