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    Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    11/13/09

    In reply to Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue
    In 30 years... and then there were zombies. #apligraf
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/13/09

    In reply to Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue
    I'm pretty sure that a Boston biotech, either Genzyme or Novartis, has a facility that makes living tissue for burn victims and other patients and has for some time. They grow up the patient's own cells. Transportation cost is a bitch (have to deliver directly to patient, which means flying someone) and they don't even break even. #apligraf
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    Image of Aces_Over_Kings Aces_Over_Kings
    11/13/09

    @The Lab: Hey, you just made my day. I work at the facility that you're referring to.

    You're right -- we can take a postage stamp sized skin biopsy from a severe burn patient and create hundreds of postcard-sized skin grafts.

    The boxes of grafts have to be hand-carried by a courier directly to the OR staff who will be preparing the patient to receive them. Each box gets its own plane ticket and seat assignment.

    And because it's the patient's own skin, there's no chance of rejection. It's a life-saving treatment for many patients, and I believe is provided regardless of insurance status, often at the company's expense.

    Pretty cool stuff, and one of the reasons I've worked here for almost 8 years. Anyway, thanks for the shoutout! #apligraf
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    11/13/09

    @Aces_Over_Kings: Happy to give you guys a shoutout, it is a great service you provide. Remind me, Genzyme or Novartis? I was a grad student who collaborated with Novatris but I have friends as Genzyme. Can't remember who told me about you guys. #apligraf
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/13/09

    In reply to Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue
    yeah but... how does it taste?

    is this going to pave the way for ethical cannibalism?? #apligraf
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/13/09

    @nutbastard: You can call em Wendigo Ham #apligraf
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue
    I wanna be an Oscar Meyer bandaid, that is what I'd truly like to bee-ee-eee, cuz if I were an Oscar Meyer bandaid, everyone would seal their wounds with meeeeeee #apligraf
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/13/09

    In reply to Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue
    Awesome. #apligraf
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/13/09

    In reply to Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue
    If they built it on a scaffold of pig collagen, would it taste like bacon? #apligraf
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/13/09

    @dingus: So you're saying... bacon meat band aid? The awesome power of bacon fed directly into your blood stream?? #apligraf
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/13/09

    @dingus: Something tells me that would end in disaster. A messy, delicious, disaster. #apligraf
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/13/09

    In reply to Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue
    Although "flesh band-aid" would be accurate. #apligraf
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    11/13/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: "Fleshlight" has forever ruined any nickname that begins with "flesh". #apligraf
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    11/13/09

    @minche: Fleshmodo? #apligraf
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    Image of DigitalGlass DigitalGlass
    11/13/09

    In reply to Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue
    So what if I eat it will hit heal my ulcers? #apligraf
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    11/13/09

    @DigitalGlass: Probably not. However, it may be delicious and heal your want of salty meat snacks. #apligraf
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    11/13/09

    @DigitalGlass: No, but a new job will... #apligraf
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/13/09

    @UnderLoK: H. Pylori causes most ulcers. Antibiotics will heal your ulcers. #apligraf
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    11/13/09

    @The Lab: I was on all sorts of crap and the only thing that got rid of them was removing stress.

    Well, not all, just the major stress which at the time was my job.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/13/09

    In reply to Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue
    It looks like a slice of bologna... #apligraf
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