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Title: FINALLY! Post by: dusematic on August 05, 2009, 11:58:15 AM http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/04angier.html?_r=1
THIS IS THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! WHOOOOOOOOOOO! Title: Re: FINALLY! Post by: tazelbain on August 05, 2009, 12:00:46 PM Go, Go, Gadget Evolution.
Title: Re: FINALLY! Post by: Cyrrex on August 05, 2009, 01:26:14 PM I always knew on some level that I needed my spleen, which is why I have been taking such good care of it.
Title: Re: FINALLY! Post by: bhodi on August 05, 2009, 01:26:48 PM I fucking new it!
Next year we'll find tonsils do something critical as well. Title: Re: FINALLY! Post by: Pennilenko on August 05, 2009, 01:42:58 PM I fucking new it! Next year we'll find tonsils do something critical as well. Still have mine. Title: Re: FINALLY! Post by: Murgos on August 05, 2009, 02:02:51 PM As long as no one suddenly finds out that the Appendix is the key to a long happy life...
Title: Re: FINALLY! Post by: Lakov_Sanite on August 05, 2009, 02:48:52 PM As long as no one suddenly finds out that the Appendix is the key to a long happy life... That'd be silly....all it does is make you more attractive to others via pheromones. Title: Re: FINALLY! Post by: Endie on August 05, 2009, 03:08:40 PM The odd thing is that I thought we knew this already? My Gran had cancer which spread to the spleen. When they were going to remove it (you can tell the unhappy ending by that phrase) they said that she would be more vulnerable to infection due to the role described in that article.
And, come to that, revered medical expert Tom Clancy refers to it in Patriot Games. Title: Re: FINALLY! Post by: dusematic on August 05, 2009, 03:10:54 PM I dunno. Maybe the EXTREME nature of this BASTION of monocytes wasn't FULLY appreciate before now. Either way, I'm STOKED.
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