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What Relatively Common Poison That Displaces Oxygen in the Hemoglobin

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What relatively common poison that displaces oxygen in the hemoglobin transport can be breathed in?


Definitions:

Antibiotic Resistance

The ability of microorganisms to withstand the effects of antibiotics, making standard treatments ineffective.

Gene Therapy

A medical treatment aimed at treating or preventing disease by modifying the genetic material of an individual's cells.

Virulent Phage

A type of bacteriophage or virus that reproduces only by a lytic cycle, leading to the destruction of the host bacterial cell.

Prions

Infectious agents composed of protein in a misfolded form, causing neurodegenerative diseases.

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