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Possible breakthrough in breast reconstruction surgery
CBS News ^ | 2/21/11 | Staff

Posted on 02/21/2011 8:59:51 PM PST by Nachum

There's an exciting prospect for breast reconstruction for women. As CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton explained on "The Early Show" Monday, stem cells and the body's own fat are used to essentially re-grow breast tissue. "A patient's own fat and stem cells are combined in the lab," Ashton told co-anchor Erica Hill, "growth factors are added. It's then injected into a biodegradable chamber in the breast. A blood supply is attached to feed these cells, and in about six-to-twelve months, that tissue then creates the form and shape of a breast."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breakthrough; breast; possible; reconstruction

1 posted on 02/21/2011 8:59:54 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Wonder if they could try the same thing with stem cells and testicle tissue for GOP congress critters.


2 posted on 02/21/2011 9:05:41 PM PST by VRWCmember (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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To: Nachum

This would also work with ENHANCEMENT.

“Are THOSE really all you...?”

“YEP...!!!!”


3 posted on 02/21/2011 9:06:32 PM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

“They’re real, and they’re spectacular.”


4 posted on 02/21/2011 9:13:58 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

No silicone; nature at its best.


5 posted on 02/21/2011 9:17:48 PM PST by Elsiejay (.)
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To: Elsiejay

Always a good thing.


6 posted on 02/21/2011 9:19:53 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Nachum

Where’d the stem cells come from?


7 posted on 02/21/2011 9:27:56 PM PST by Razzz42
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To: Nachum

That is some pretty amazing news.


8 posted on 02/21/2011 9:28:28 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Razzz42

According to the article, the stem cells come from the patient.


9 posted on 02/21/2011 9:31:06 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Razzz42

Well, further in the article, they become a bit vague about the source used in the tests.


10 posted on 02/21/2011 9:33:28 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Nachum

That’s the good news. The bad news is that prisoners will start demanding we pay for this procedure as part of sex-change operations for bored incarcerees.


11 posted on 02/21/2011 9:37:39 PM PST by Humble Servant
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To: Nachum

Dr. Jennifer Aniston? Are you serious?


12 posted on 02/21/2011 9:37:57 PM PST by SideoutFred (B.O. Stinks...it really does)
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To: Humble Servant

Don’t give them any ideas.


13 posted on 02/21/2011 9:48:59 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: SideoutFred
Dr. Jennifer Aniston

Yep, she's been there, done that...and she was wearing the t-shirt when they...uhm...enhanced themselves...

Remember Bruce Almighty?

14 posted on 02/21/2011 9:52:41 PM PST by moovova (Don't let Obama spoil the word "hope" for you...)
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To: Nachum

Well, since I’m a guy, I was wondering if maybe there was a chance...ah...nevermind.

That would be too good to be true.

(Just having a little stem-cell envy.)


15 posted on 02/21/2011 9:56:13 PM PST by moovova (Don't let Obama spoil the word "hope" for you...)
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To: SideoutFred

Dr. Jennifer Ashton must get that a lot. All that work in medical school and what does she get? LOLZ


16 posted on 02/21/2011 9:57:43 PM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: Nachum

kenny from south park approves.Yippy!!


17 posted on 02/21/2011 10:09:41 PM PST by Nooseman (mutt)
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To: Nooseman

Well, I can see where this is going. This is going to become an arms race in 10 years. And just wait until similar technology is developed for men.


18 posted on 02/21/2011 11:17:29 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: The Antiyuppie

Yea. men will need bigger and bigger hands!I thinkin watermelons will be the new standard.Maybe dog the bounty hunter fed his wife some o this?


19 posted on 02/21/2011 11:26:52 PM PST by Nooseman (mutt)
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To: Nachum

When they make this available, will women opt for moderation, or go all out?

20 posted on 02/22/2011 4:14:44 AM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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