> On 10 Sep, 10:23, Usenet Legends bobandcarole ♥
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> <usenetlegends0...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > x-no-archive:
> > On Sep 9, 5:40 am, "Dr. Mazola" <drmaz...@mazola.info> wrote:
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> > > Liposuction leftovers make easy stem cells: study
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> > >http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE5876I420090908
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> > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fat sucked out of chunky thighs or flabby
> > > bellies might provide an easy source of stem cells made using
> > > new and promising technology, U.S. researchersreportedon
> > > Tuesday.
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> > > They found immature fat cells in the material removed during
> > > liposuction were easy to transform into cells called induced
> > > pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells.
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> > > They were easier to work with than the skin cells usually used
> > > to make iPS cells, the team at Stanford University's School of
> > > Medicine in California reported in the Proceedings of the
> > > National Academy of Sciences.
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> > > IPS cells are made using genes that take them back in time to a
> > > more immature and pliable state. They can then be re-directed to
> > > form heart cells, bone cells, brain cells or any other type of
> > > desired cell.
>
> > > "These cells are not as far along on the differentiation
> > > pathway, so they're easier to back up to an earlier state," Ning
> > > Sun, who led the study, said in a statement.
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> > > "They are more embryonic-like than fibroblasts, which take more
> > > effort to reprogram."
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> > > Stem cells are the body's master cell and embryonic stem cells
> > > are the most malleable, morphing into any cell type. IPS cells
> > > look very much the same, and teams are trying to make stocks of
> > > these cells to use in research and, eventually, to treat disease.
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> > > "Not only can westartwith a lot of cells, we can reprogram
> > > them much more efficiently," said Dr. Joseph Wu, who worked on
> > > the study.
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> > > "Fibroblasts, or skin cells, must be grown in the lab for three
> > > weeks or more before they can be reprogrammed. But these stem
> > > cells from fat are ready to go right away."
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> > Instead of expensive surgery why not try refraining from stuffing
> > food down yer fat greasy piehole? It woulds save you gross
> > looking fatties a bit of cash besides.- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> but, but being obese is a medical problem...it has NOTHING to do with
> what you eat!! (NOT!)
>
> Im wid cha on dis one, like 100%!!
>
> Now, could you pass me two MASSIVE pieces of cheesecake? Kris Baker
> and Mary Anne Kehoe are hungry and drueling on my shoes!!
>
> frank