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Vegetarian Times, Jan, 2005
Soy pancake mix may soon replace chicken livers as the favorite food of doctors diagnosing gastrointestinal disorders. For years, physicians have injected a radioactive tracer into chicken livers, which are then fed to patients. The tracer enters the intestinal system and "lights it up," allowing X-ray machines to produce images that can be transmitted and analyzed.
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The problem? A lot of people don't want to eat chicken livers--a snag that Medical College of Georgia students have solved. Soy pancakes, the amateur researchers have discovered, work even better than chicken livers, providing an effective vegetarian alternative.
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