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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Vampire bats have a natural anticoagulant in their saliva that permits continuous bleeding after they painlessly open a wound with their incisors. This capillary blood does not cause any significant blood loss to their victims.
Bisphosphonates were first developed in the nineteenth century. They were first investigated for use in disorders of bone metabolism in the 1960s. They are now used clinically for the treatment of osteoporosis, Paget's disease, bone metastasis, multiple myeloma, and other conditions that feature bone fragility.
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.