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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
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.
Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.