This is welcome news: A University of Oslo research team has identified stem cells that may be used to “repair defects and heal injuries,” after being isolated from liposuctioned fat. They’re first practicing on horses:

EuroSTELLS Project Leader Cesare Galli, from the University of Bologna, Italy has high hopes that transplanted fat stem cells will restore injured sports horses to their former glory. “Our aim is to regenerate the tendon structure that does not repair spontaneously,” says Galli. Once scar tissue is formed, it hinders the animal’s recovery. “If you intervene, with cell transplants, within one week, you can repair the lesion,” Galli notes.

Pass the gravy!

Liposuctioned fat stem cells to repair bodies [EurekAlert]

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