Adult Stem cells to grow bigger breasts (Cancer Still not Cured)

The London Times ^ | March 29, 2009 | Sarah-Kate Templeton

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A STEM cell therapy offering “natural” breast enlargement is to be made available to British women for the first time.

The treatment could boost cup size while reducing stomach fat. It involves extracting stem cells from spare fat on the stomach or thighs and growing them in a woman’s breasts. An increase of one cup size is likely, with the potential for larger gains as the technique improves.

A trial has already started in Britain to use stem cells to repair the breasts of women who have had cancerous lumps removed. A separate project is understood to be the first in Britain to use the new technique on healthy women seeking breast enlargement.

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“This is a very exciting advance in breast surgery,” said Mokbel. “They [breasts treated with stem cells] feel more natural because this tissue has the same softness as the rest of the breast.” He said the treatment offered the potential of considerable improvement on implants: “Implants are a foreign body. They are associated with long-term complications and require replacement. They can also leak and cause scarring.”

Although the stem cell technique will restore volume, it will not provide firmness and uplift.

Mokbel believes the stem cell treatment may be suitable only for modest increases in breast size, but will conduct research to find out whether larger augmentations can be achieved: “We are optimistic we can easily achieve an increase of one cup size. We cannot say yet if we can achieve more. That may depend on the stem cells we can harvest.”

The cells will be isolated from a woman’s spare fat, once it has been extracted from her thighs or stomach, using equipment owned by GE Healthcare, a technology company.

[Slings and Arrows]

"Forward, in the name of SCIENCE!"

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[dfwgator]

Idiocracy was a documentary.

[JRios1968]

[JRios1968]

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[RedMonqey]

When I see women with ridiculously large breasts, I don't get aroused I feel pity for these poor women. How enjoyable can life, much less sex can be when you back is literally grinding itself apart.

Guys, image carrying two-four gallon jugs of water all day!! You get the picture, especially as you grow older. Orthopedic surgeons will be in great demand.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

“Stem cells to grow bigger breasts”

Hey now. And there I didn’t even know stem cells HAD breasts.

[TigersEye]

a last chance for happiness ping ;^)

[RussP]

I confess I’ve always been a sucker for big boobs, so I’d call this promising.

[BlessingsofLiberty]

It is nice to see these scientists working on all of the important health concerns of the day. People dying of diabetes, cancer and heart disease will be glad to hear that stem cells are being used to enlarge breasts.

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I see your point.

[conorato]

The real story here is about the possibility of breast reconstruction and potentially improved quality of life post-lumpectomy for UK breast cancer patients. The paper has chosen to focus on titillation, rather than potential benefit for cancer patients. More balanced report from conservative paper, The Telegraph: http://tinyurl.com/celution

[reg45]

Note to Mr. 0bama: Those are adult stem cells which were not created by killing babies.

[Old Sarge]

Maybe they're really big tumors.

"It's NOT a toomah!"

[Puddleglum]

just so long as the breasts don’t grow breasts

[Abathar]

I love that GIF!

[Slings and Arrows]

It's so versatile!

[Arrowhead1952]

I expect the discussion here to be intelligent and mature.

Did you forget the < /sarcasm> tag?

[techcor]

I expect the discussion here to be intelligent and mature

Then you posted to the wrong forum.

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