In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.
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More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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Medications that are definitely not safe to take when breastfeeding include radioactive drugs, antimetabolites, some cancer (chemotherapy) agents, bromocriptine, ergotamine, methotrexate, and cyclosporine.
Diffusion spectrum MR image of human brain
Gene sites sensitive to mutation
Past Human
Human civilization developed during the most recent interglacial stage