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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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The types of cancer that alpha interferons are used to treat include hairy cell leukemia, melanoma, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.