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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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Atropine was named after the Greek goddess Atropos, the oldest and ugliest of the three sisters known as the Fates, who controlled the destiny of men.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.