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Celution mixes stem cells and fat to reconstruct breast tissue
Posted on Jul 9th 2007 8:00PM by Bethany SandersFiled Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Reviews & Products
Women who have undergone mastectomies may someday have an option for remodeling their breast tissue in a procedure that could be done on their lunch hour. Cytori Therapeutics has devised a method of mixing stem cells from a woman's fat into a concentrated mixture than can be placed in a cartridge and placed in a woman's breast. The stem cells encourage new tissue to grow.
A trial of 19 Japanese women found that the treatment worked with few side effects, but health experts say that further testing needs to be done. For instance, nothing is known about the long term health effects of the tissue growth for women with a history of breast cancer. In addition, no one knows how long the new breast tissue will last, since former attempts to use fat from one part of the body to reconstruct another have often led to the fat simply being reabsorbed.
Celution -- as the procedure has been coined -- may also someday be used for cosmetic surgery, but it's likely that if it ever happens, it's a long way off.
A trial of 19 Japanese women found that the treatment worked with few side effects, but health experts say that further testing needs to be done. For instance, nothing is known about the long term health effects of the tissue growth for women with a history of breast cancer. In addition, no one knows how long the new breast tissue will last, since former attempts to use fat from one part of the body to reconstruct another have often led to the fat simply being reabsorbed.
Celution -- as the procedure has been coined -- may also someday be used for cosmetic surgery, but it's likely that if it ever happens, it's a long way off.
