Word: mg
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Long after you have forgotten the skinny little kid living macho fantasies in the cockpit of the MG Midget or the paunchy men pretending they are seriously considering the Jaguar, and long after all the slimy automotive marketing hype has slipped from your mind, one sad image from the auto show stays with...
...were dramatically demonstrated last fall when California scientists inserted into the DNA of E. coli bacteria synthesized copies of a gene that orders the production of somatostatin, a vital brain hormone in mammals. Researchers who first isolated that hormone needed nearly half a million sheep brains to produce 5 mg (.00018 oz.) of the substance. But the California scientists used only about 8 liters (2 gal.) of a culture containing their re-engineered bacteria to obtain the same amount...
...researchers who first isolated somatostatin needed nearly half a million sheep brains to produce 5 mg. (.00018 oz.) of the substance. Using their recombinant DNA technique, the California researchers required only 2 gal. of bacterial culture to obtain the same amount...
...public-and it only confirms and elaborates the worst suspicions about his decline and death. According to sworn testimony from his personal aides and doctors, Howard Hughes became addicted to the tranquilizer Valium. As a total recluse living in a series of penthouse hideaways, he popped large-dosage 10-mg. blue tablets, which his personal aides faithfully recorded as BBs (for blue bombers) in the daily log that they kept on his activities. On many occasions, Hughes gulped as much as 40 mg. at one time, a dosage that exceeds even the recommended daily medication for agitated mental patients. After...
...Fixing a standard dose so each tablet of aspirin or acetaminophen for adults contains 325 mg. and those given to children 80 mg. The panel pointed out that such standardized quantities will not only help avoid misuse of the drugs but also assure consumers that they are getting the same quantities of analgesics in different brands...