Immunoglobulin injections may give short-term protection against, or reduce severity of certain diseases. They help people who have an inherited problem making their own antibodies, or those who are having certain types of cancer treatments.
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Thyroid conditions may make getting pregnant impossible.
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According to research, pregnant women tend to eat more if carrying a baby boy. Male fetuses may secrete a chemical that stimulates their mothers to step up her energy intake.
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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
Structure of an antibody light chain
Derived traits
Local Anesthetic Agents
Aspirin and most other NSAIDs block prostaglandins.
Structures of the major prostaglandins and thromboxane A2
