The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
An example of anaerobic respiration in E. coli
An example of a two-component regulatory system in bacteria