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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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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According to the CDC, approximately 31.7% of the U.S. population has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels.
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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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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
Species-rich floras of chalk grassland compared to species-poor floras of acid soils.