Barbituric acid, the base material of barbiturates, was first synthesized in 1863 by Adolph von Bayer. His company later went on to synthesize aspirin for the first time, and Bayer aspirin is still a popular brand today.
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Today, nearly 8 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV (about 1.1 million), receive antiretrovirals.
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The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Plant apical meristems and the primary tissues they produce.
Early whales moved from terrestrial to aquatic environments