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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The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50% of all medication errors involve insulin.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.
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HIV testing reach is still limited. An estimated 40% of people with HIV (more than 14 million) remain undiagnosed and do not know their infection status.
Browning and Gunning demonstrated that placental transfer tissues increase plant reproductive succes
Hares and Lynx population change "الأرانب البرية و الوشق"
Cave deposits as an indicator of environmental change
Ice cores: Periods of rapid climate change especially in North Atlantic
The Global Impact of Climate Change
Conversion of guanine to 6-ethylguanine by the alkylating agent ethylmethane sulfonate (EMS)