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Stem Cells Used to Fix Breast Defects

physorg.com — For the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed.

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doublehead, on 12/17/2007, -10/+53A lot of things will be fixed via stem cell therapy once we get over the ridiculous moral hurdles.
- barktwiggs, on 12/17/2007, -0/+19Those moral hurdles were neither her nor there. The article talked about harvesting stem cells already present in adipose tissue, not extracting it from unborn embryos.
  - Abominous, on 12/17/2007, -0/+27Yep, the problem is the uneducated masses hear "stem cells" and automatically go "ZOMG THINK OF TEH CHILDRENZ!!1eleven!!"
    There are other stem cells in the body that can be utilized besides embryonic.
    - barktwiggs, on 12/17/2007, -1/+7You're right, though the knee-jerk reaction happens on both sides of the issue.
    - DivisibleByZero, on 12/17/2007, -1/+1Count through all the comments on the thread. Currently, I don't see a signle knee-jerk reaction in opposition to "stem cells", but I see quite a few in favor of them.
- rockrapdude, on 12/17/2007, -4/+2So it would be Bioshock all over? Nice. Gotta get my wrench ready.
- LeeSoong, on 12/17/2007, -0/+1So, now we see what the future holds for new stem cell research:
  Great breakthroughs for "Male Enhancement."
  
  The federal government will pass a new law:
  
  11.9" is the legal limit for men,
  any longer and the stem cells turn into a foot.
Barman, on 12/17/2007, -4/+28God bless science!
- earthceltic, on 12/17/2007, -5/+5You just contradicted yourself, sir.
  - CeeJayDK, on 12/17/2007, -0/+2I believe that was the point.
  - KingGorilla, on 12/17/2007, -0/+2depends how you think about it. God made man. Man made science. God made science! see it works! sorta
nnnr, on 12/17/2007, -1/+34I approve, we need good looking boobs.
okthxbai, on 12/17/2007, -5/+2mmm boobs..
ellvis, on 12/17/2007, -1/+10hooray for boobies
sdubois92, on 12/17/2007, -3/+1now if they can repair the scars, the world will be perfect
oneoverzero, on 12/17/2007, -0/+33All jokes aside, this will definitely help the self esteem of breast cancer survivors, which is something too often ignored.
oxdeltaxo, on 12/17/2007, -5/+5Pictures or it didn't happen!
spyd3rweb, on 12/17/2007, -2/+1Can it be used to give me a pair of boobies?
- hulez, on 12/17/2007, -0/+1no, but if you eat lots of foodzor i garenteezor that you will get teh boobies you seekzxor
iffypop, on 12/17/2007, -3/+11Porn is the early adopter on all great tech breakthroughs
- houndeyex, on 12/17/2007, -3/+3Iffypop speaks the truth.
- Mononuclear, on 12/17/2007, -1/+7repairing the breasts of people with breast cancer is hardly porn.
  - blitzer, on 12/18/2007, -0/+1You just arent looking hard enough
masturbator, on 12/17/2007, -5/+2It is times like these that I wish I had magical healing hands like those televangelists, to rid this affliction plaguing our female population.
- Mononuclear, on 12/17/2007, -1/+3you want to massage the breasts of people with mastectomies?
penguinshome, on 12/17/2007, -1/+4To go from a size A to size C would be pretty cool. I'd do it if they got it worked out in the next few years.
iPissExcellence, on 12/17/2007, -5/+2will stem cells also be able to enhance their driving abilities?
MonarchWastxD, on 12/17/2007, -1/+1Before people go ***** over morals of dead foetuses or foetii or whatever, remember, scientists now have a way to create them artificially without using embryos. So there you go. Can't complain now.
l0rdn1k0n, on 12/17/2007, -0/+5I can see the lolcats now:
"Im in ur titz, fixing ur lumps"
- neuromachine, on 12/17/2007, -0/+1You should have told the doctors that cats can repair breasts too. It could've saved everyone some money.
rand0mm0nkey, on 12/17/2007, -4/+2...and stem-cell fetish sites appeared nearly overnight.
- hulez, on 12/17/2007, -0/+1that made me wanna throw up, and i was just about to have lunch
ArchAngel21x, on 12/17/2007, -1/+3Now this is a cause I am willing to donate some money to!
Bega, on 12/17/2007, -0/+5yay science!
wipis, on 12/17/2007, -0/+6Next: Replacing mens balls.
ariez84, on 12/17/2007, -6/+4Not possible. Remember, Bush banned Stem cells. Dugg down for inaccuracy.

(In case you idiots dont know, its sarcasm. For all those Anti Bush articles that made it to the front page, when 90% of them are biased as hell. Dont get me wrong, I dont like Bush, but most of the article that made front page is so absurd).

Now digg down.
- GamerVer05, on 12/17/2007, -3/+2Bush banned the development of new Stem Cell lines threw embryonic means and restricted federal funding, I hate the guy too but those are the facts.
- Veni_Vidi_Vici, on 12/17/2007, -1/+1"Now digg down."
  
  Certainly.
Syphon8, on 12/17/2007, -0/+4I predict penile enlargement stem cells in 2 years, and Bioshock, IRL, in 5.
InfernoBob, on 12/17/2007, -4/+1***** or gtfo
saska, on 12/17/2007, -2/+14Scientist: "We may be able to use stem cells to halt and even reverse the advance of Alzheimer's disease."
Republican: "Sorry, but those people have already lived full lives. We must not endanger the future of the unborn children!"
Scientist: "We may also be able to use stem cells to restore the breasts of women who have had partial mastectomies."
Republican: "How do you spell the name of the organization I'm going to propose a federal grant for?"

(Yes, I understand the difference scientifically. Do you?)
- TheBigSquid, on 12/17/2007, -1/+5Wow, that's inaccurate. You know damn well Republicans prefer male prostitutes and men's room sex.
GamerVer05, on 12/17/2007, -0/+5Taxpayer- "Why are we using all this government money for stem cell research are there real tangible uses?"
Government- "Indubitably, boobies."
Thundercracker, on 12/17/2007, -0/+4...game over... give these people the nobel peace prize
slipkn0tz23, on 12/17/2007, -1/+0HALLELUJAH!
N256, on 12/17/2007, -0/+4What a great use of stem cells.
chadillak, on 12/17/2007, -1/+1Amy Winehouse and Tara Reid will be thrilled.
- xerexes1, on 12/17/2007, -0/+1They have breast cancer?
TheBigSquid, on 12/17/2007, -2/+1Thank Gawd. Banana titties are the worst.
Filter, on 12/17/2007, -0/+2Please note, this is about adult stem cells and not embryonic stem cells.
hulez, on 12/17/2007, -2/+2squeeze my titties, OH YEAH, sqeeeze my titties! oh by the way, did you know my breasts used to be a couple of dead fetuses?
ArkRaider1936, on 12/17/2007, -0/+1Cool. Hopefully this leads to women, instead of getting boob jobs, using stem cells to help shape their breasts using the perfect breast ratio:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/new ...

Also, that Patrick Mallucci sounds like he had a pretty nice job
teaBagger, on 12/17/2007, -0/+1Finally a use of this new technology to benefit all of mankind...
dvavasour, on 12/17/2007, -0/+1This is an example of the great potential for therapies based on ADULT stem cells. The result for therapies derived from EMBRYONIC stem cells so far is, er, zero.

The Vatican has no problem with therapies derived from adult stem cells, so I don't see why anyone else should.
eklife, on 12/17/2007, -0/+0this is indeed, good news
gds923, on 12/17/2007, -0/+0Hooray for stem cells!
mess4u, on 12/21/2007, -0/+1Today Science is getting to progress. Today Our Surgeons are able to reshape your body. what ever part of your body they can give it good shape.

Dermatologist London
http://www.the-dermatology-centre.co.uk/
Dawnofanewday, on 12/21/2007, -1/+1This is speculative. Stem cells have been in use and not proven themselves a viable cure for anything, but, hey! let's kill babies and say they are saving adults!
- CeeJayDK, on 12/22/2007, -0/+1You don't have to kill babies to harvest stem cells .. and part of the reason why stem cell research have not yet produced a viable cure is that the field is fairly new and misguided opinion of ethics is holding back the research.
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