Certain rare plants containing cyanide include apricot pits and a type of potato called cassava. Fortunately, only chronic or massive ingestion of any of these plants can lead to serious poisoning.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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Parkinson's disease is both chronic and progressive. This means that it persists over a long period of time and that its symptoms grow worse over time.
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Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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The Fukushima Daiichi power plant
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Which of the following is not a unit factor related to a 15.0% aqueous solution