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Fat Filler Fixes Fractures
New Scientist is carrying this summary of the first case of cells being purified from fat to heal an injury in a living animal. By harvesting a special kind of fat cell, and then laying it over a special lattice containing a certain enzyme, scientists were able to heal very large skull fractures (in mice) much faster than any other existing technique.
Eeep, and how did the mice get the skull fractures to begin with? I find this stuff totally interesting until I think about how the research is done.
Posted by: Sherri on April 13, 2004 11:14 AM