In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA was discovered in 1961 in the United Kingdom. It if often referred to as a superbug. MRSA infections cause more deaths in the United States every year than AIDS.
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The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.
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The first monoclonal antibodies were made exclusively from mouse cells. Some are now fully human, which means they are likely to be safer and may be more effective than older monoclonal antibodies.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
In American Progress (1872), John Gast depicts a feminized (and eroticized) America moving westward,
Max Weber (1864–1920) was another early sociologist who left a profound impression on sociology. ...