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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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
The sites of early embryonic development in mammals.