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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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Thyroid conditions may make getting pregnant impossible.
Selected skeletal muscles and the Achilles tendon (anterior and posterior views).
These top and side views reveal the R groups extending out from the β sheet and emphasize