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For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.
Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.