The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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It is believed that humans initially contracted crabs from gorillas about 3 million years ago from either sleeping in gorilla nests or eating the apes.
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Amoebae are the simplest type of protozoans, and are characterized by a feeding and dividing trophozoite stage that moves by temporary extensions called pseudopodia or false feet.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.
The effects of germ-line versus somatic cell mutations.
Many human diseases are caused by mutations in single genes
“Bad,” “neutral,” and “good” mutations.
Describe how fat is digested, absorbed, and transported in the body
Ilustration of intragenic recombination between two mutations