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April 26, 2005
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In safety tests, curdled milk collected in similar locations on the same type of valve.
This image shows the same type of mechanical valve, after it was tested with Aimee Martin's milk system. Clumps of curdled milk formed in the same locations as blood clots in implanted heart valves.
Credit: Aimee Martin, University of Edinburgh
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