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Maggots: Coming to a Hospital Near You

Posted by timothy on from the maggots-and-leeches-oh-my dept.

Pokinatcha Punk writes "Forget breakthroughs in biotech. According to Yahoo! News maggot's may make their way back into popular medicine. According to the article 'maggots are remarkably efficient at cleaning up infected wounds by eating dead tissue and killing off bacteria that could block the healing process.'"

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  1. maggots only eat dead flesh by Naikrovek · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. which is why i've always wondered why they weren't used in medicine.

    oh yeah, now i remember, they're freaking disgusting! that's why! BARF

  2. Gee, Thanks by BigT · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is JUST what I wanted to read about while eating lunch. Anyone want my stir-fry and rice?

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    1. Re:Gee, Thanks by TFGeditor · · Score: 2, Funny

      Survival Training Student: "Sir, what is this white stuff in the soup you made from that dead raccoon in this turtle shell?"

      Survival Instructor: "That's rice."

      Student: "Why is it moving around like that?"

      Instructor: "It's WILD rice. Now eat up."

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  3. Leeches too. by jefft · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't forget leeches. They're excellent at draining extra blood out of reattached limbs and digits. These stories make the round every couple of years. Next thing you know doctors will start using healing crystals and homeopathy.

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  4. Pictoral Reference by fulldecent · · Score: 2, Funny
    For a reference to this technology, here are some pictures of the process:

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  5. And in other news, apostrophe's... by venomkid · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to Yahoo! News maggot's may make their...

    And in other news, apostrophes are still being used for pluralization... !!!!!@$(*!#(_$

    *huffhuff*

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  6. Re:Look before you stitch... by Hallow · · Score: 3, Funny

    And it's pretty hard to be worse than Mansquito...

  7. Re:repetitive, much? by biglig2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    In fact, a quick google reveals that this technique has been around since the 1920s.

    Cor, 80 years old, just think of how many times this could have been a dupe post...

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  8. How could you miss this in Gladiator? by monkeyserver.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's where I first learned of it.

    "No, they will clean. You will see."

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  9. I, for one by JamesP · · Score: 1, Funny

    welcome our flesh eating maggot overlords!

    (It had to be said)

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  10. Re:This has to be a record by Chemisor · · Score: 2, Funny

    > I remember seeing shows on maggots used to eat
    > dead skin off wounds since the late 80s early 90s.

    You have such good memory to remember the "gay nineties". I can't seem to remember much of anything before the Great War myself...