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Amanita phalloides

Amanita phalloides Amanita phalloides (generally ), commonly known as the death cap, is a poisonous basidiomycete fungus , one of many in the genus Amanita . Widely distributed across Europe , A. phalloides associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. In some cases, death cap has be more

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate , a gland in the male reproductive system . It occurs when cell s of the prostate mutate and begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread (metastasize ) from the prostate to other parts of the bod more

Influenza

Influenza Influenza, commonly known as flu, is an infectious disease of bird s and mammal s caused by RNA virus es of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). In humans, common symptoms of influenza are fever , sore throat , muscle pains , severe headache , cough ing, weakness an more

Verbascum thapsus

Verbascum thapsus Verbascum thapsus (; Great Mullein or Common Mullein) is a species of mullein native to Europe , northern Africa and Asia , and introduced in the Americas and Australia . It is a hairy biennial plant that can grow to 2 m or more tall. Its small yellow flowers are dens more

Immune system

Immune system image of a single neutrophil (yellow), engulfing anthrax bacteria (orange). An immune system is a collection of mechanisms within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and killing pathogen s and tumor cells. It detects a wide variety of agents, from virus es to more

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