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Man grows pea plant inside lung

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
August 11, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 13:05
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A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung.

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