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Author Question: A study of Dobe Ju/'hoansi nutrition showed A) that they have a very low protein intake. B) that ... (Read 43 times) |
Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
Interferon was scarce and expensive until 1980, when the interferon gene was inserted into bacteria using recombinant DNA technology, allowing for mass cultivation and purification from bacterial cultures.
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Amoebae are the simplest type of protozoans, and are characterized by a feeding and dividing trophozoite stage that moves by temporary extensions called pseudopodia or false feet.