In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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Interferon was scarce and expensive until 1980, when the interferon gene was inserted into bacteria using recombinant DNA technology, allowing for mass cultivation and purification from bacterial cultures.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
A single crossover cannot produce a viable recombinant
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A single base substitution leading to a single amino acid substitution in the hemoglobin beta chain
