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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    The 'nanoboxes' are just screaming to be weaponised.
    Inert nanoparticles that can be dispersed throughout the environment, with no ill effect.
    But paint the selected 'target' with a laser, and they release precisely what you want, only where you want it.
    Instant unconciousness, blindness, psychosis, suggestibility, death etc. etc. to whoever you want, whenever you want.

    Nice. #nanotech
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    Image of ltwass ltwass
    11/06/09

    @SJ_Edwards: I like the way you think, son. #nanotech
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    Image of drukus drukus
    11/06/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Way to go NSA. #nanotech
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    I wabnt my immortality treatment or at least extend my old life #nanotech
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    Cool! But I'm still holding out for my wired reflexes... #nanotech
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    {bleep bleep bleep}
    Almost there.....

    [www.youtube.com] #nanotech
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    Image of Post-Nuked Post-Nuked
    11/04/09

    In reply to Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies
    Stryker, I've got a bone to pick with you! Oh, and another, and another, and another... #science
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/04/09

    In reply to Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies
    It's called 'off-label uses' and 'failure to report adverse effects', and they're gonna have a really bad run-in with some people who've had their senses of humor surgically removed on hiring. #science
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    Image of ♠ Final ♠ ♠ Final ♠
    11/04/09

    In reply to Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies
    Kidney Stones for everybody!!! #science
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    11/04/09

    @♠ Final ♠: And YOU get a bone spur! And YOU get a bone spur! We're giving you all bone spurs! #science
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/04/09

    In reply to Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies
    Seriously? No mutants or supervillians, or tragic teenagers becoming heroes from this mess?

    What does it take to happen? A giant fake alien squid being teleported into times square or what?
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    11/04/09

    In reply to Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies
    I feel like people like this are villains of the worst stripe. They knowingly injure untold numbers of people for no other reason than to line their own pockets. People like that should go to jail for the rest of their lives. #science
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    Image of Mrs.Ataxxia Mrs.Ataxxia
    11/04/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: I totally agree. This kind of thing really terrifies me, especially when it comes to medical stuff, cause you are dealing with people who are injured and/or desperate to get better, and that it just fucked up and royally heartless.

    Plus, bone fragments in places i am not supposed to have them? Do. Not. Want. #science
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    11/04/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: Wholeheartedly agreed. Unfortunately, there's that little thing called the limited liability corporation that insulates them from the consequences of their actions. #science
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/04/09

    In reply to Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies

    The prosecution's star witness.

    [marvel.com]
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    Image of bookling bookling
    11/04/09

    In reply to Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies
    So it's Skele-Gro? #science
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11/04/09

    In reply to Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies
    I apologize for my evil corporation doing all these awesome things you sue happy BITCHES!. Now if you excuse me I taking my private jet that turns into a robot to Hawaii to play gameboy, on my race car bedthat is in my room in a in a hollowed out volcano, surrounded by my bodygaurds with bones that look like knives and armour sticking out of there body . #science
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/04/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Does your hidden lair have a lava wall? Because I've always wanted one of those. #science
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11/04/09

    @EdificeComplex: Yes!
    (Note to self have R&D look into "Lava Walls" .) #science
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/31/09

    In reply to Your Body May Already Have A Cancer Treatment Inside It
    Well, your body already has all sorts of cancer treatments inside it. Problem is, they don't always work.
    -Kle. #th17cells
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    Image of farcedude farcedude
    10/30/09

    In reply to Your Body May Already Have A Cancer Treatment Inside It
    This is actually really awesome. As someone with an autoimmune disease, and though to be at increased risk for cancer because of it, I am greatly relieved. #th17cells
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/30/09

    In reply to Your Body May Already Have A Cancer Treatment Inside It
    Not too long ago, I watched an extremely interesting TED talk on a new idea about what cancer may be, namely, part of the body's natural healing process, as counterintuitive as that may sound.

    Watch it here:

    [www.ted.com] #th17cells
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