| Science. Medicine. Stem cells |
[Apr. 14th, 2004|10:00 am] |
Fat stem cells heal broken skulls
For the first time, stem cells purified from fat have been used to heal an injury in a living animal.
Michael Longaker of Stanford University in California and his team showed in mouse experiments that so-called adipose-derived adult stromal (ADAS) cells purified from a rodent's belly fat could be coaxed to heal a skull fracture too large to mend by itself.
If the same technique works in humans, these cells could be coaxed to mend broken bones and correct other defects in tens of thousands of surgical procedures each year in which bone grafts and prosthetics are now necessary.
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