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Liposuction Fat Turned Into Stem Cells, Study Says. News
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health, biology, obesity, stem-cells
Using leftovers from liposuction patients, scientists have turned human fat into stem cells, a new study says.
The new method is much more efficient than a previous practice that used skin cells, researchers say.
The discovery may also help avoid the controversy spawned by the use of stem cells from human embryos.
Obese people have severe brain degeneration. News
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nutrition, psychology, health, obesity
Those classified as overweight have 4 percent less brain tissue and their brains appear to have aged prematurely by 8 years.
The results, based on brain scans of 94 people in their 70s, represent "severe brain degeneration," said Paul Thompson, senior author of the study and a UCLA professor of neurology.
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