In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
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There are actually 60 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 essential amino acids, and three essential fatty acids that your body needs every day.
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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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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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It is believed that humans initially contracted crabs from gorillas about 3 million years ago from either sleeping in gorilla nests or eating the apes.
Smallest Snake in the world
Body Region Terms
Distribution of the Ceboidea, or New World monkeys.
Growth in the demand for oil from the developing world
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A wide variety of pathogens may live on or in the human body