Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).
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There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
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In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.
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It is believed that humans initially contracted crabs from gorillas about 3 million years ago from either sleeping in gorilla nests or eating the apes.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
The activation of G-protein-coupled receptors and G proteins