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Each year, 17,000 people receive a kidney transplant, but it's the number of people that don't receive one that is so astounding.

THAT number is about 17,000 people times FIVE, which is why news that scientists have made functioning rat kidneys at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston is SO amazing!!!!

When the kidneys were transplanted into rats - they effectively produced urine for the rodents!

Normally rat urine isn't very exciting, but this could be a first step towards creating replacement organs for folks who suffer from kidney diseases.

Tags: dialysis, health, kidney, lab, made, patients, rat, rat made kidney, rats, science

This is insanely scary!

A seven-year-old girl in England was bit on the face and arms by a FOOT LONG RAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The child's screams woke the parents up who found their traumatized daughter bleeding and in tears. The rat then scurried under the bed.

Tags: attacked, england, foot, giant, girl, kid, rat

One of the more disgusting consequences of Hurricane Sandy hitting New York is an increase in rats!

Gross!!

After the hurricane hit and all that flooding happened, tons of rats moved inland.

It's gotten so bad that NYC officials are calling for a publicly financed program to bait, kill and remove the rats.

Tags: gross, hurricane, hurricane sandy, infestation, new york, new york city, rat, rats, rodent, sandy

A rat sees dead people!

HA!

Not really, but a rat was given a sixth sense by scientists who developed a system that connects a head-mounted sensor to a brain region that normally processes touch sensations from whiskers.

A scientist said:

Tags: amazing, rat, science, sense, sixth

This is gettin’ juicy!

Lindsay Lohan has been sticking to her guns that she was so totally NOT driving her Porsche when it crashed in June on PCH, but now a credible witness says otherwise.

It turns out the snitch was her very own assistant!!!

Gavin Doyle was chillin’ in the passenger seat when LiLo hit the big rig, which is what the truck driver reported as well!

At the hospital, Gavin spilled his guts to the cops, which is why the actress is now potentially in a world of trouble with the PoPo.

We’ll keep on keepin’ track of this dramz, because if we know LiLo like we think we do, there’s bound to be more twists!

[Image via Ai-Wire/WENN.]

Tags: arrest, assistant, car crash, gavin doyle, june, lindsay lohan, pch car accident, porsche, rat, snitch, told on

Sometimes you should give a friend a helping hand…but not in this sense!

A 60 year old was struck with the bubonic plague after a friend asked her to help a homeless cat in Oregon.

That's right…the bubonic plague…a disease that hasn't been around since the MIDDLE AGES!

Tags: bubonic plague, cat, disease, health, homeless, icky, oregon, rat, stray

People in America dread walking into their bathroom and finding a cockroach.

We'd lose our minds if we found a rat in there one day.

So imagine walking into your bathroom in Australia and finding a SUPER rat!

Well that's what happened down under when a wallaby got into someone's bathroom and started stealing their toilet paper!

Check out the video (above) to see a cute wallaby caught in the act of grand theft TP!

Tags: america, australia, bathroom, caught, cute, found, funny, news, people, rat, stealing, toilet paper, video, wallaby