Gross Stuff

One of the things I like about my job is the opportunity to see things you normally wouldn't. I get samples from universities and biotech companies all over the world to test. Some of these samples, to put it bluntly, are just plain gross.

I've had the opportunity to work with:

-Chunky human blood serum from cancer patients
-Human plasma from HIV patients
-Mouse boogers
-Mouse eye chunks (this one was particularly gross)
-Monkey boogers
-Endothelial cells from fetal umbilical cord veins
-Plasma from H1N1 patients
-Human lung tissue (this one was bad too)
-Human cell extracts from Tuberculosis patients

So now: Baby bodily fluids? No problem whatsoever. :)