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Vampire Bats Might Aid Stroke Victims

Posted by timothy on from the hold-still-uncle-joe dept.

Ginas writes "CNN is reporting the bite of a vampire bat may help stroke victims. According to the article a substance taken from bats' saliva contains a powerful clot buster and may be used up to three times longer than the current stroke treatment and without additional risk for brain damage side effects. Kind of makes you wonder how they stumbled on to this discovery."

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  1. Other side effects... by docbrown42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    -can transform into a bat!(cool!)
    -increased canine (tooth) size!
    -death (no need to breath anymore)
    -a tendancy to wear black clothing
    -pale complexion (death will do that...)
    -oh yeah, dependency on human blood!

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  2. You forgot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    -severely allergic to sunlight (no problem for geeks...)