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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. There's only one problem by Anonymous+Bullard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm rather skinny...

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  2. Fight Club by mjh · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I guess that's better than turning it into soap!

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