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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Most fungi that pathogenically affect humans live in soil. If a person is not healthy, has an open wound, or is immunocompromised, a fungal infection can be very aggressive.
It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).