Drugs are in development that may cure asthma and hay fever once and for all. They target leukotrienes, which are known to cause tightening of the air passages in the lungs and increase mucus productions in nasal passages.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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In Eastern Europe and Russia, interferon is administered intranasally in varied doses for the common cold and influenza. It is claimed that this treatment can lower the risk of infection by as much as 60–70%.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Neuron (nerve cell) structure.
Structural hierarchy in the molecular organization of cells
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HeLa cells
Growth of cultured cells from patients with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)