The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Przewalski's horses close up
The process of osmosis.
Valves in veins open to permit blood flow, close to prevent backflow.
The respiratory system and the process of gas exchange.