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PITTSBURGH, June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have cultured stem cells from human fat tissue, creating an alternate source for life-saving hematopoietic stem cell transplants. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers said they isolated and cultured human hematopoietic stem cells from fat, or adipose, tissue, suggesting a new source of cells for reconstituting the bone marrow of patients undergoing intensive radiation therapy for blood cancers. "We took cells from the stromal vascular fraction of normal adipose tissue and basically gave them bone marrow food to see what would happen," said study leader Professor Albert Donnenberg. "We were able...

MADRID, Spain, February 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A heart attack victim was treated with stem cells taken from his own fat tissue in a groundbreaking new experiment taking place in Spain this week, Science Daily reported Feb.7. In a collaborative effort, Dr. Francisco Fernandez-Aviles, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Chief of Cardiology Service at Gregorio Marañón and Dr. Perin, Director of New Interventional Cardiovascular Technology and Director of Stem Cell Center at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s, have undertaken the attempt to use human adipose (fat) tissue as a source of adult stem cells to regenerate damaged heart...