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Pig-to-Human Transplants Could Be Closer Than You Think
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| 10.21.2011 at 3:10 pm
| Dan Nosowitz
Posted on 10/22/2011 9:29:06 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: Netizen
The reason would be that a pig valve does not require the use of blood thinners that a mechanical valve does.
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posted on
10/23/2011 6:54:50 AM PDT
by
bassyak
(Yakkin' all the way to the fish.)
To: fight_truth_decay
Sorry to burst the bubble, but we have been transplanting ‘pig parts’ into humans for forty years
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posted on
10/23/2011 9:50:46 AM PDT
by
STD
(Cut Taxes, Cut Spending Stupid!)
To: fight_truth_decay
Paging Henry Waxman, Rep. Waxman please pick up the pink courtesy phone.
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posted on
10/23/2011 9:55:50 AM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: fight_truth_decay
pig-to-human transplants It brings new meaning to the phrase, "That's a real porker!"
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posted on
10/23/2011 10:09:43 AM PDT
by
Sarajevo
(Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?)
To: MamaTexan
haha, oh yes. I’ll go looking for something online and get sidetracked by other interesting things and before I know it I have a dozen windows open and still haven’t found what I was originally looking for! lol
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posted on
10/23/2011 2:16:11 PM PDT
by
Netizen
(Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
To: Dem Guard
Looks like the top pig went to the surgeon and asked for a jaw like O’Donnel.
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posted on
10/23/2011 2:17:35 PM PDT
by
Netizen
(Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
To: bassyak
The reason would be that a pig valve does not require the use of blood thinners that a mechanical valve does. Ohhh, ok. Thanks for the info. :)
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posted on
10/23/2011 2:20:11 PM PDT
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Netizen
(Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
To: STD
That was addressed earlier..thanks
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