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Unread 02-14-2007   #33
AnimusVE
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Originally Posted by PrBlahBlahtson
You just countered yourself. Fat cells =/= stemcells. A fully developed human (read:non-embrionic) has very few sources of stem cells, although I do recall hearing somewhere that there was still a way to get stem cells from adults. I think it as from bone marrow or a similar source, though, so that's right out.

Odds are they're using the fat to help the stem cells in creating the right kind of tissue.
Nope.

See this article titled "Fat can be Stem Cells"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in646988.shtml

Also, this one says they harvest the stem cells from the woman's own fat.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1965

To be fair I believe you are technically correct. One of the articles I checked out (not one of the above) said the stem cells were actually between the fat cells, not the fat cells themselves.

So we don't need to argue the ethics of embryonic stem cell research here, since it does not seem to apply.

If we are going to argue that topic, it should be in General Discussion or Flame & Bullshit. Or better still, a board devoted to that sort of thing.

(By the way, where does the =/= for not equals come from? I'm just curious, I like to program and have never seen that one before.)
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