I know it's an 'ancient' episode of the show, but–just in case–
In the third-or-fourth episode of the series (which I'm 're-watching' on Amazon Prime), SG-1 'Gate's to a planet where a random percentage of the population contracts a disease that turns the infected victims into 'cro-magnons.' But The STARGATE Initiative's chief MD discovers that the victims' uninfected aliens' blood had a low histamine-count (explaining why Daniel Jackson hadn't been infected–taking an anti-histamine prescription–while the other humans on SG-1 had).
What are histamines? I'll 'investigate' in a moment, but first—That word (the 'built' one below)—there might be something more to that word ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which the our lexicon stands ...
In the third-or-fourth episode of the series (which I'm 're-watching' on Amazon Prime), SG-1 'Gate's to a planet where a random percentage of the population contracts a disease that turns the infected victims into 'cro-magnons.' But The STARGATE Initiative's chief MD discovers that the victims' uninfected aliens' blood had a low histamine-count (explaining why Daniel Jackson hadn't been infected–taking an anti-histamine prescription–while the other humans on SG-1 had).
What are histamines? I'll 'investigate' in a moment, but first—That word (the 'built' one below)—there might be something more to that word ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which the our lexicon stands ...
The word “Histamine” is built on “Amine produced by the decomposition of Histidine (Tissue- or Structural Element-of an Animal).”
Essentially, histamines are "chemicals your immune-system makes" that help your body get rid of foreign-materials (allergens, dirt, etc.)
But the virus on that alien planet–rather than being 'thrown out' of the body–used the histamines as a food-source (forcing the body down to a less-evolved immune-system).
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