The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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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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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Congestive heart failure is a serious disorder that carries a reduced life expectancy. Heart failure is usually a chronic illness, and it may worsen with infection or other physical stressors.
Bacterial Culture
Taking a Wound Culture
Role-Playing a Situation in Which a Patient Is from Another Culture
Region’s Culture in International Context
The time spent in each interval of one complete cell cycle of a human cell in culture