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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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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About 3.2 billion people, nearly half the world population, are at risk for malaria. In 2015, there are about 214 million malaria cases and an estimated 438,000 malaria deaths.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
Urinalysis. During a simple urinalysis, a stick with colored blocks is dipped into a urine specimen.
Urine dipstick.
The processes involved in urine formation.
Cystic fibrosis is caused by a mutation in a protein called CFTR
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The synapse and synaptic transmission. (a) A thin cleft, called the synapse, separates one cell from