The new invention turns fat into bone

The Belgian press published on January 9 posted information, the tissue and cell center of the University of Saint-Luc (ULB) Hospital in Brussels has developed a technique to allow bone regeneration from fat or Stem cell fat of patients.

According to a reporter in Brussels, this is the first time in the world that Belgian researchers have created a medical revolution in fighting fractures, based on the technique of reproducing a three-dimensional bone structure from stem cells Fat of the patient.

The researchers focused on fat cells rather than bone marrow because sampling in the marrow is more likely to cause an overflow compared to taking fat cells.According to scientists, fat contains more than 500 times more stem cells / gr than marrow tissue.

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In addition, Dr. Denis Dufrane, ULB tissue and cell center coordinator, said fat cells also proliferate faster, better distinguish and be more effective than bone marrow cells.

Accordingly, stem cells are cultured and multiplied for three months before being re-implanted into the bone that the patient is missing.

The technique creates a special hope for patients with bone diseases that cannot be cured, especially for children with bone cancer.

The researchers used this method to treat 11 patients with spontaneous osteoporosis and disc herniation.

After a few months, bones develop in the patients' bodies. In the clinical phase, this technique will be applied to about 200-300 patients.