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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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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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When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.
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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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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.