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Stem Cells Used to Heal a Broken Heart

Posted by michael on from the if-only-it-were-that-easy dept.

roman_mir writes "Wired reports that a 16 year old teenager had a hole in his heart (a nail gun accident,) which was repaired by injecting stem cells directly into his heart. What is interesting is that the stem cells were taken from the boy's own blood."

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  1. RPN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    5 factorial, plus 7, all divided by 8

    ALG: (5 ! + 7) / 8 =
    9 kystrokes
    RPN: 5 ! 7 + 8 /
    6 keystrokes

  2. Why this is good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There's too many broken hearts in the world,
    Too many dreams can be broken in two.