Posted on 04/04/2006 4:06:08 PM PDT by DaveLoneRanger
DURHAM, N.C. -- A novel growth factor significantly improves the ability of specialized stem cells derived from human fat to be transformed into cartilage cells, according to Duke University Medical Center and Pratt School of Engineering researchers.
Such growth factors are crucial to the bioengineering of tissues for clinical use in humans, the researchers said, because cells would need to be grown quickly and in large numbers in order to be practical. For the current study, as well as for past experiments in this area, the Duke team isolated the specialized cells, known as human adipose-derived adult stem cells (hADAS), from fat obtained during liposuction procedures, and then exposed the cells to a cocktail of various growth factors in order to stimulate their transformation into cartilage cells.
My wife and I have been doing our part to provide the world with stem cells
Thanks for this, too.
Outrageous. Doesn't Duke recognize how insensitive it is to be devoting resources to activities like this, at a time when local sex workers are not adequately protected from racist violence?
*Rhetorical question
Donating fat cells sounds a lot easier than donating testicle cells like the other article.
A novel growth factor significantly improves the ability of specialized stem cells derived from human fat to be transformed into cartilage cells, according to Duke University Medical Center and Pratt School of Engineering researchers.
ping
I forgot to add: there are no compatibility issues or immunity reaction because after an in-patient, 1-hr extraction, the patient receives back his or her OWN cells.
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