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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.