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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IgA antibodies protect body surfaces exposed to outside foreign substances. IgG antibodies are found in all body fluids. IgM antibodies are the first type of antibody made in response to an infection. IgE antibody levels are often high in people with allergies. IgD antibodies are found in tissues lining the abdomen and chest.
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Interferon was scarce and expensive until 1980, when the interferon gene was inserted into bacteria using recombinant DNA technology, allowing for mass cultivation and purification from bacterial cultures.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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Your chance of developing a kidney stone is 1 in 10. In recent years, approximately 3.7 million people in the United States were diagnosed with a kidney disease.
Devices used to deliver respiratory drugs: (c) dry powder inhaler
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Devices used to deliver respiratory drugs.
The locations in the rat brain of the ventromedial hypothalamus and the lateral hypothalamus.
Device to deliver repository drugs
The chromosome locations for BRCA1 and BRCA2. Together, these genes account for the majority of case