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By Mary Bamborough, IIDA

 

By right divided everyone knows that a baby boomer epoch is graying – a primary call of baby boomers has incited 60.  Their expectations of healthcare will be vastly conflicting than those of their parents.  Yet a singular thing is for sure – healthcare will go on to be a multiplying marketplace [...]

Research has shown that certain fat cells can be reprogrammed to become induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells. The key benefit of an iPS cell is its potential to be turned into nearly any type of human cell. The fat cells that are removed during an abdominal liposuction procedure could, in theory, be reprogrammed into skin cells, muscle cells and many other types of cells.
Another key point is that iPS cells derived from fat cells can be reprogrammed a lot more quickly than those that are derived from embryonic cells.