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Certain plants excrete a sweet juice, apparently for the sake of eliminating something injurious from their sap: this is effected by glands at the base of the stipules in some Leguminosae, and at the back of the leaf of the common laurel.

Eran Perlson from the Sackler School of Medicine, discovered that muscle cells in ALS patients excrete toxins that damage nerve cells, causing them to degenerate.

Children with PID are at risk for prolonged infection with enteroviruses and may excrete iVDPV after receiving OPV or after being exposed to contacts excreting poliovirus.

In developing countries with lower vaccine coverage, immune-deficient people who excrete the virus are unlikely to survive long enough to spread polio, says Cara Burns, a virologist at the U.S.

The kidneys excrete excess nitrogen in urine in the form of urea, along with excess water, salts, some acids and most drugs.

Wide variation exists in human arsenic metabolism, and individuals who metabolize arsenic more efficiently will excrete more DMA and less MMA.

(4) People undergoing the test are deemed to be deficient in iodine if they excrete less than 90% of the iodine loading dose.

African-Americans were more likely to excrete large amounts of protein in their urine than whites.

A pig has been modified to excrete less phosphorous, a chemical that can contaminate waterways.

Professor Brian Ford, writer and broadcaster, believes leaf drop occurs in order to excrete waste products from the tree.

There are common times that a dog will excrete, such as when they wake up, just before sleeping and shortly after eating.

Eating a diet that makes you excrete less acid may help preserve bone.