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

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