Have you heard the news!!
“Accident victims could one day have their severed nerves “rewired” with the help of stem cells extracted by liposuction.”
Researchers have been able to take animal fat cells and change them into nerve cells which can be used to rewire damaged cells. It has been successful to date in animals, so much so, that they are moving into human studies. Calling upon volunteers to donate their fat after their liposuction. Something tells me they won’t have any problem finding volunteers.
Author Profile
- Jennifer Lahl, MA, BSN, RN, is founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and a senior-level nursing manager with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice. Lahl’s writings have appeared in various publications including Cambridge University Press, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, and the American Journal of Bioethics. As a field expert, she is routinely interviewed on radio and television including ABC, CBS, PBS, and NPR. She is also called upon to speak alongside lawmakers and members of the scientific community, even being invited to speak to members of the European Parliament in Brussels to address issues of egg trafficking; she has three times addressed the United Nations during the Commission on the Status of Women on egg and womb trafficking.
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