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Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
The first monoclonal antibodies were made exclusively from mouse cells. Some are now fully human, which means they are likely to be safer and may be more effective than older monoclonal antibodies.
Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.