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Article: Stem cells harvested during plastic surgery

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December 7, 2002
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Dr. Bahram Ghaderi checks on the collection of stem cells during a liposuction procedure Friday at Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center in St. Charles. Wes Hayes undergoes a liposuction procedure by Dr. Bahram Ghaderi, assisted by registered nurse Donna Haney.

ST. CHARLES -- Plastic surgeon Bahram Ghaderi says there is a use for your fat, beyond keeping you warm. His practice, St. Charles Plastic Surgery, has teamed up with a California-based company StemSource to harvest stem cells -- a technology at the cutting edge of medical research -- from the fat that is usually discarded after liposuction. Stem cells are thought to have enormous potential because they are unspecialized cells that one ...

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