The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA was discovered in 1961 in the United Kingdom. It if often referred to as a superbug. MRSA infections cause more deaths in the United States every year than AIDS.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
Fruits attractive to animal seed dispersal agents.
Independent assortment of chromosomes at meiosis explains Mendel’s ratio
Meiosis Accounts for Independent Assortment of Alleles
Selected Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents
Heritability (h2) of Addiction to Specific Addictive Agents