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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.