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Cotton Candy, A Medical Wonder?

npr.org — Two researchers are trying to use cotton candy to create a network of vessels that could carry blood through artificial tissue. If successful, the synthetic tissue they create could be used in applications from skin grafts to breast reconstruction.

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  • enygmaeve13, on 02/15/2009, -1/+27I love stories like this where scientists attack problems from way, way, way outside the box, lol
  • isuisorisuaint, on 02/16/2009, -0/+24"Researchers use Junior Mints in exploratory new surgery"
  • ninjagames, on 02/15/2009, -0/+22wow that's pretty cool. Of course I still just like cotton candy cause it taste good :)
  • elborro44, on 02/16/2009, -0/+17the days of cheap, non-prescription cotton candy are over...
  • Animental, on 02/16/2009, -0/+11Hey there, sugartits!
  • borschwanger, on 02/16/2009, -3/+14mm your ***** taste like cotton candy
  • hatepaste, on 02/16/2009, -1/+7Wow, and I just use cotton candy to shut up my 6 year old nephew.
  • sailadayaway, on 02/16/2009, -0/+3that doesn't rhyme...
  • moose26, on 02/16/2009, -0/+2Thats a sweet pair of nips
  • xCIone, on 04/15/2009, -0/+1sweeeeettttttt!!!
  • LonelyTylenoL, on 05/25/2009, -0/+1"Pop rocks and cola found to cure the noms by causing the stomach to expand"
  • adioz, on 02/18/2009, -0/+1all of this has happened before..
  • AtomicTheory, on 02/16/2009, -1/+2I agree, it taste very good.
  • FLarsen, on 02/17/2009, -0/+1Cotton candy, taste very good long time.
  • speedyrev, on 02/16/2009, -1/+2Pink or Blue?
  • LonelyTylenoL, on 05/25/2009, -0/+1I don't know about you guys, but I thought that was pretty funny.
  • TheTikiTony, on 02/16/2009, -0/+1That was such a waste of my time. Why'd I click show?
    Now everyone else is gonna click it too until I get buried. Cause we just can't *****' resist.
  • superlapin, on 02/16/2009, -1/+1Sweet!
  • shujin, on 02/16/2009, -1/+1What, you didn't know that?
  • Ratteler, on 02/16/2009, -2/+2I didn't think titties could be more appetizing, but filling them with cotton candy! Yum!!!
  • Discobiscuits, on 02/18/2009, -1/+1I'd rather just eat it.

    OM NOM NOM NOM NOM
  • Silencer7, on 02/17/2009, -1/+1"Uh oh....I see what killed this clown.
    His lungs are full of....CANDY!!!!"
  • analogkid01, on 02/16/2009, -1/+2Have to chew your own arm off to get out of a trap? No problem!
  • frosted, on 02/16/2009, -1/+0What flavor?
  • shujin, on 02/16/2009, -2/+1Obviously
  • Chimmy, on 02/16/2009, -1/+1That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough! I'm going to Clown College!
  • holzp, on 02/16/2009, -1/+1End up succeeding with this and i am gonna become a vampire!
  • CZDrNick, on 02/16/2009, -1/+0lol cool
  • 3leggedHorse, on 02/16/2009, -2/+1rotton candy
  • CoD4, on 02/16/2009, -3/+2OM NOM NOM NOM
  • DoodleMaster, on 02/16/2009, -3/+1Do it for the breast!
  • mnortei, on 02/16/2009, -7/+1lolwut
  • inactive, on 02/16/2009, -11/+1I love Maury like bliss, dare scientists attack him for days, days, days, he's still the fox, ball

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