The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 and occurred in Boston. A kidney from an identical twin was transplanted into his dying brother's body and was not rejected because it did not appear foreign to his body.
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Complications of influenza include: bacterial pneumonia, ear and sinus infections, dehydration, and worsening of chronic conditions such as asthma, congestive heart failure, or diabetes.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
Sexual dimorphism in body size and mating system.
Different Classifications of Solar System Objects
Divisions of the nervous system
Anatomy of the urinary system.
A typical clean-in-place system
The two circuits of the human cardiovascular system