{"id":471,"date":"2010-11-04T01:42:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T01:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drkimplasticsurgery.com\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2022-06-06T20:02:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T20:02:15","slug":"how-breast-surgery-may-advance-regenerative-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drkimplasticsurgery.com\/blog\/how-breast-surgery-may-advance-regenerative-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"How Breast Surgery May Advance Regenerative Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"womanCould breast surgery<\/a> lead to a breakthrough in the field of regenerative medicine? The latest issue Wired<\/em> magazine<\/a> reports that Cytori Therapeutics, a biotech company, is working toward using stem cells from fat to help the body rebuild itself. CEO Chris Calhoun says his firm has figured out a way to augment and rebuild breasts using stem cell\u2013enriched fat tissue.<\/p>\n

Cytori\u2019s process for breast augmentation<\/a> and breast reconstruction<\/a> uses liposuction<\/a> to harvest fat cells from the abdomen; then the fat is injected into the company\u2019s Celution System where a centrifuge separates the fat cells from the stem and regenerative cells and prepares the cells for injection. Finally, a surgeon injects the cells into the breast for the augmentation or reconstructive procedure.<\/p>\n

The injected cells don\u2019t actually become breast tissue, but rather the fat cells in the mixture provide volume and the regenerative cells encourage the growth of a blood supply that the fat cells need to survive.<\/p>\n

Cytori has chosen to focus its technology on breasts because \u201cthe scientific and regulatory hurdles to getting Cytori\u2019s cells into clinical use will be easier to clear for breasts than for other tissue: Breasts simply aren\u2019t as necessary as other organs, so the bar for proving to regulators that the technology works will be lower,\u201d according to the article.<\/p>\n

The company has completed almost a decade of trials on cell cultures, lab rodents and now humans. Cytori believes the same technology it is using for breast procedures could be used to regenerate other damaged tissue, such as in the heart or kidneys.<\/p>\n

They still have a long way to go: Cytori\u2019s system has not been approved by the FDA so it can\u2019t be marketed in the U.S. (although doctors can purchase it).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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