The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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The strongest synthetic topical retinoid drug available, tazarotene, is used to treat sun-damaged skin, acne, and psoriasis.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.
Brain scans showing the white-matter pathways involved in everyday learning:
Use of CD4 lymphocyte and HIV RNA counts to predict therapeutic outcomes.