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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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Immunoglobulin injections may give short-term protection against, or reduce severity of certain diseases. They help people who have an inherited problem making their own antibodies, or those who are having certain types of cancer treatments.
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There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
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Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
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The most common childhood diseases include croup, chickenpox, ear infections, flu, pneumonia, ringworm, respiratory syncytial virus, scabies, head lice, and asthma.
The evolution of an endemic island species from a mainland species.
human anatomy
Vesalius’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica was an important early work on the human species.
G-banded karyotype of a normal human male
A human fragile X chromosome
Mutations in human mitochondrial genes leading to disease syndromes