Customized Cleavage: Growing breast implants from stem cells.

Link on Slate:
http://www.slate.com/id/2159562/?nav=fix

Scientists are growing customized breast implants from stem cells. Recipe: Extract stem cells from your fat, mix them with regular fat cells, grow them into fatty tissue, and inject it into your breasts. It's been tried on nearly 40 women so far with no serious ill effects. Rationales: 1) These implants are natural; they're really yours. 2) They won't leak, as old silicone implants do. 3) They won't shrink if we can grow them with built-in blood vessels, thanks to the stem cells. Caveats: 1) We don't know yet how they'll hold up over the long term. 2) So far, we can only grow them to half the size of a synthetic implant. (For previous updates on breast implants, click here and here.)

Bri's comment - Yet another reason the right wing assault on science is bad for transsexual health care.

I want a stem cell penis

Dennis

Geez Louise!!!!
  I should have some pretty big boobs with some left over.
Sheila

Wow, the Slate is taking three year old new items and making them seem like new!

This was done in Japan and they did try it out on someone.  Do a web search for updates since then.

It could have significant meaning for women who have had breast cancer as well.

Cindi

Well. That's important. The number of women that don't undergo reconstruction is surprising. It's almost 1/2 if I remember correctly.

Bri

Cindi smiles back.

I did not know that.  Reconstruction would be an aweful thing to face at best.  I certainly understand why they don't don't do it.

Cindi

Quote from: Brianna on February 13, 2007, 12:54:58 PM
Customized Cleavage: Growing breast implants from stem cells.

Oooh! Where do I sign up?

I don't know.  I personally don't like anything that has do with stem cells! (just my own phobia)

eeewwww!   


tinkerbell

See... yet another good thing from stem cell research..... gods... why cant the right wing understand this is the way of the future....  We have enough raw material to make sure those allready liveing on this over populated planet can live long and healthy and in some ways happyer lives     From being able to reverse liver damage, helping paraplegics walk again, cureing parkansins<sp?>, and bigger boobies....  Stem Cell research is the wave of the future and its allready here today if it wernt for all the stigma *sighs*

Quote from: LynnER on February 13, 2007, 06:37:03 PM
See... yet another good thing from stem cell research..... gods... why cant the right wing understand this is the way of the future....  We have enough raw material to make sure those allready liveing on this over populated planet can live long and healthy and in some ways happyer lives     From being able to reverse liver damage, helping paraplegics walk again, cureing parkansins<sp?>, and bigger boobies....  Stem Cell research is the wave of the future and its allready here today if it wernt for all the stigma *sighs*

tinkerbell

QuoteOooh! Where do I sign up?

no problemo.........give me your cells......your breast tissue cells will do even better.....

email them to mistywillumph_themup.com

& by return you will have your serum........enjoy............

Quote from: misty on February 13, 2007, 06:45:41 PM

QuoteOooh! Where do I sign up?

no problemo.........give me your cells......your breast tissue cells will do even better.....

email them to mistywillumph_themup.com

& by return you will have your serum........enjoy............

just make sure they give you the correct cells so that you don't grow other things instead of breasts....LOL

tinkerbell

Quote from: AnomieAssassin on February 13, 2007, 08:35:24 PM
I won't be fully content until they can grow wings.

Not a bad idea at all, perhaps an angel or a bat would like to donate their cells

...or a fairy?


tinkerbell

Hmm, my doc might be able to extract them. Then the problem is how to send them in an email....

Quote from: misty on February 13, 2007, 06:45:41 PMmistywillumph_themup.com

LMAO!!!!

George Carlin used to do a satirical 'prayer', which he finished with 'something for the benefit of everybody':  "And please, God, if at all possible, make everybody's sexual organs larger than they already are."

Is stem cell implants possibly an answer to that prayer?

Karen

Karen, that's it!  The next step beyond Viagra... All you have to do is get this idea out on the ethersphere and let it run rampant.  You bet your bippie, we'll have stem cell research up and running in months!

Cindi