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more about #health Im_your_Huckleberry: This just sounds like a better way to identify and track cancer cells in the body. I really hope this is a stepping stone to find a way of stopping ca... more » Hamslicer: Then we catch them and put them in a jar. more » Althestane: erm. misleading title-ish. It doesn't keep them from spreading, so much as highlights where they go. Now, if it DID stop them from spreading, that w... more » Grey_Area: Urbana-Champaign, eh? Sounds to me HAL9000 (or SAL) is up to something. This is probably part of some viral ad campaign for the remake of Demon Seed. more » lazyeight: When I accompanied my first daughter to the scales so I could report her weight to her mom, they opened up a chest freezer and it was FULL of frozen p... more » steampoweredboy: Oh do calm down nerdboys, it's where you all started life, your first hug came from a placenta. Deal. more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I guess probably the only thing weirder than this would be if they were finding placentas in the sewer system that weren't mysterious... more » SuperTuna: Btw - when our son was born last year, I joked around with the nursing staff about flash freezing the placenta and bagging it so I'd have a snack on t... more » RoboBagins: Someone call the X-files, errr I mean Fringe! more » Ed Grabianowski: Is "placentalicious" a word? more » Fishypu: Did you have to include the picture? Maaaannn..... more » Mount_Prion: Thank you for explaining what a placenta is. [Text-sarcasm!] Now if only there was a School House Rock song to cement the knowledge in my head... more » -
#madbioscience
Bioluminescence Could Keep Tumors From Spreading
We've all marveled at the day-glo life-forms in Avatar — but bioluminescence could save your life soon. Researchers have been able to inject brain tumor cells with a firefly gene, so they can identify the types of cells that spread. More » -
#madmedicine
Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
Sanitation workers in the Illinois town of Urbana-Champaign have been finding human placentas clogging up the drainage system several times in the last month. Placentas are temporary organs women grow while pregnant to nourish fetuses. More »
