In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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The types of cancer that alpha interferons are used to treat include hairy cell leukemia, melanoma, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
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More than 50% of American adults have oral herpes, which is commonly known as "cold sores" or "fever blisters." The herpes virus can be active on the skin surface without showing any signs or causing any symptoms.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).
A Frozen Lake on Triton
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, became a staple of the mid-nineteenth-century thea
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Woman seated between two felines, Çatalhöyük, Turkey.
Reconstructed West Front of the Altar from Pergamon (In Present-day Turkey)