If that something is your DNA, the answer is, pretty perfect! Errors during DNA copying can lead to cancer and other health conditions. Learn how cells use a group of different enzymes to accurately copy their DNA, and how they detect and repair copying errors and DNA damage.
Zocor is a prescription medicine for the reduction of cholesterol that is often marketed as a generic alternative to Lipitor. Zocor was developed from a different method of synthesis by the Merck Pharmaceutical Company. Zocor is also used to treat high blood pressure and heart diseases that can lead to heart attack.
Lipitor's generic name is atorvastatin. Two generic drugmakers, Ranbaxy and Watson, can start selling generic atorvastatin in the U.S. right away. Due to complex generic drug laws, other generic drugmakers will have to wait 180 days, until May 2012, to offer their own generic versions of Lipitor.