Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system destroys its own healthy tissues. When this occurs, white blood cells cannot distinguish between pathogens and normal cells.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
Biological transistor enables computing within living cells
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