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Turning Fat Into Muscle -- The Scientific Way
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
11:31:00 AM EDT
Hearing Lights -- Journey
Those stem cells seem to be everywhere. Now scientists are finding them in fat, and are turning them into muscles cells that one day might be used to treat heart disease:
"Fat tissue may prove a reliable source of smooth muscle cells that we can use to regenerate and repair damaged organs," says Dr Larissa Rodriguez, an assistant professor in the urology department at the University of California Los Angeles medical school.
Rodriguez and colleagues incubated adipose-derived stem cells in a nourishing mixture of growth factors, human proteins that encouraged the cells to become smooth muscle cells.
The researchers say scientists have been looking for sources of smooth muscle for organ repair and treating heart disease, gastrointestinal diseases and bladder dysfunction.
It's notable that way up near the top of the piece they note that "the experiment does not quite offer a way to turn a pot belly into a flat stomach," so everyone hoping to go from Yogi Bear to Arnold Schwarzenegger overnight had better get a grip. Also, you'll still need to exercise. Sorry about that. That said, it's nice to see that there are some emerging ways to strengthen and heal the body that can help people live longer and better. There's no point in trying to live forever, but if you can live heathier, that's a good goal to have.
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11:31:00 AM EDT
Hearing Lights -- Journey
Turning Fat Into Muscle -- The Scientific Way
Those stem cells seem to be everywhere. Now scientists are finding them in fat, and are turning them into muscles cells that one day might be used to treat heart disease:
"Fat tissue may prove a reliable source of smooth muscle cells that we can use to regenerate and repair damaged organs," says Dr Larissa Rodriguez, an assistant professor in the urology department at the University of California Los Angeles medical school.
Rodriguez and colleagues incubated adipose-derived stem cells in a nourishing mixture of growth factors, human proteins that encouraged the cells to become smooth muscle cells.
The researchers say scientists have been looking for sources of smooth muscle for organ repair and treating heart disease, gastrointestinal diseases and bladder dysfunction.
It's notable that way up near the top of the piece they note that "the experiment does not quite offer a way to turn a pot belly into a flat stomach," so everyone hoping to go from Yogi Bear to Arnold Schwarzenegger overnight had better get a grip. Also, you'll still need to exercise. Sorry about that. That said, it's nice to see that there are some emerging ways to strengthen and heal the body that can help people live longer and better. There's no point in trying to live forever, but if you can live heathier, that's a good goal to have.
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You have to mix this entry with the one a few days ago about making muscle through vibration... thennnnnnnnnnnnn I'm interested.
7/25/06 1:47 PM