As many as 20% of Americans have been infected by the fungus known as Histoplasmosis. While most people are asymptomatic or only have slight symptoms, infection can progress to a rapid and potentially fatal superinfection.
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More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
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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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Complications of influenza include: bacterial pneumonia, ear and sinus infections, dehydration, and worsening of chronic conditions such as asthma, congestive heart failure, or diabetes.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
Attachment of transmembrane proteins to the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix of an animal cell.
Overview of Cell Signaling
Giant cell tumor of tendon sheath.
All living organisms descended from a common ancestral cell
IgM only, then IgD and IgM on the surface of a B cell.
Drawings depicting mitosis in an animal cell with a diploid number of 4