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Cells From Liposuction Function As Stem Cells?

Posted by Hemos on from the and-make-fine-soap-products dept.

texchanchan writes "Plastic surgeon Peter Fodor MD filtered stem cells out of fat sucked from people's oversized body parts, then cultured them into 'bone, cartilage, skeletal muscle and nerve cells.' At the rate of 10,000 stem cells per cm3 that's a lot of stem cells. Combine that with this and you might be on the road to regeneration. And, you can have your stem cells banked for later disasters after your liposuction."

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  1. Damn by Spicy+Bisquit · · Score: 4, Funny

    And all this time I have been using it to make plastic explosives. Stupid Brad Pitt.

  2. That'll be my excuse from now on... by fatphil · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not fat, I'm merely continually regenerating.

    FatPhil

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  3. compare the costs... by morcheeba · · Score: 3, Funny

    Liposuction fee = $2049
    Stem cell processing = $1200
    Stem cell storage = $100/yr

    The self-storage option begins to look attractive!

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