tumor shopping (for the mutter museum)

[coelacanth_M]

man, i'd love to be the person in charge at the mutter museum to decide what to buy, which tumors, which fetal skeleton sets, which gangrened severed hands, etc.

anyway, with that!

tumor shopping time!

teratoma #1
$560

giant rumanian 12-stone tumor/tumour #2
$1.5 million

teratoma #2
(teratomas are comprised of stem cells, so they turn into whatever! hair,skin, nails, teeth...!)

anyway, $650

"mast cell tumor" with penny
$120.01

equine eyelid tumor
$24

goose head tumor thing
$56

testicle tumor!
$2

please continue the catalog!

 

[kleo706]

I'm eating brussel sprouts right now.

 

[coelacanth_M]

i hate to say it, but that goose head tumor is really cute and fuzzy!

 

[avi]

I am not opening this thread ever again

 

[feedmewithyourkids]

read this short story by margaret atwood. it's all about teratomas.

http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/atwood366-des-.html

 

[minxnim]

mast cell tumors are so a dime a dozen. esp in animals. you could get one like, almost anywhere. seriously!
anyway, i don't think i'd buy a tumor since i had cancer myself and i don't really find undifferentiated replication really all that interesting as it is.