<span>Some 120 prescription drugs sold worldwide today are derived directly from rainforest plants. And according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute, more than two-thirds of all medicines found to have cancer-fighting properties come from rainforest plants. Examples abound. Ingredients obtained and synthesized from a now-extinct periwinkle plant found only in Madagascar (until deforestation wiped it out) have increased the chances of survival for children with leukemia from 20 percent to 80 percent.</span>
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The genetic code is the sequence of nucleotide bases in nucleic acids (DNA and RNA ) that code for amino acids. These gene codes not only determine the order of amino acids in a protein, but they also determine a protein's structure and function.
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The current secretary of the department of energy is Rick Perry.
