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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Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
TEM of placental transfer tissue in the liverwort genus Monoclea.
