Human fatty tissue has been shown to be a viable, pluripotent source for stem cells that can be differentiated into bone, muscle and neural cell types. San Francisco researchers studied whether fat stem cells taken from rats could differentiate into urologic tissues that could be used for reconstructive purposes.
Patients with urological conditions may take heart at this study with a control group of 16 rats, beacuse after injections of their stem cells into the bladder and urethra the cells differentiated into smooth and striated muscle, vascular and adipose tissues.
Fatty tissue may be an easily accessible cource of stem cells that can become urothelium, smooth muscle and other support tissue.
This study is another example of the ever-widening range of conditions where the application of adult stem cells is being shown to produce therapeutic results. The lieterature has been dominated by heart failure research and peripheral artery disease to date but new studies are throwing exciting progress in such diseases as diabetes, CVA (stroke), Parkinson's Disease and auto-immune diseases.
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