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Published online 11 April 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010412-6
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Liposuction may harvest stem cells
Excess fat could help rebuild bodies.
Stem cell research gains yet more momentum this week with the announcement that unwanted human fat can be turned into muscle, bone and cartilage in the lab.1But while US researchers are trumpeting a source of stem cells everyone would long to donate, sceptics question whether the claims are flabby.
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