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    Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells

    Is Stem Cell Tourism About To Go Legit?

    Two Stem Cell Research Breakthroughs You Should Know About

    A Cure for Heart Disease That Lurks In Your Own Stem Cells

    Stem Cell Tissue Transplant Means Lab-Grown Faces Could Be Next

    Obama Promises National Tech Officer and a Space Advisor to the President

    Disgraced Human Cloning Scientist to Hawk Dog-Copies Instead

    Harvest Your Baby's Stem Cells — Or Buy Them Online!

    Grow Stem Cells with Shrinky-Dinks and a Pipette

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    Image of iCurmudgeon iCurmudgeon
    09/18/09

    In reply to Is the U.S. the Least Futuristic Country?
    Reminds me of the pods in Logan's Run.
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    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    It's the ciiiiiiiiircle of faaaaaat...
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell finally have some use.
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    Edited by AmishJohn at 09/09/09 11:37 AM AmishJohn was starred AmishJohn was unstarred
    Image of SpammerOvTheGods SpammerOvTheGods
    09/09/09

    @AmishJohn: maybe even Rush Limbaugh, too.
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    Image of DiExMachina DiExMachina
    09/09/09

    @SpammerOvTheGods: Rush got thin...ish
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    Edited by DiExMachina at 09/09/09 2:29 PM DiExMachina was starred DiExMachina was unstarred
    Image of SpammerOvTheGods SpammerOvTheGods
    09/09/09

    @DiExMachina: from 2 tons to 1? we could still strip-mine enough blubber out of that fat fuck to cure 1,000 Parkinson's patients.

    #@!
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    09/09/09

    @SpammerOvTheGods: We don't know what effect all the drugs had on his stemmies. Your new liver may come pre-hardened, for example.
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    Image of RexMaximus RexMaximus
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    "It was beautiful, we were selling rich women their own fat asses back to them."
    -Jack/Tyler Durden
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    09/09/09

    @RexMaximus:

    Shut the comments section down people, we have a winner!!!
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    09/09/09

    @d_r_e: You don't have to ask to have the comments shut down around here the last few months. It just sort of happens.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09/09/09

    @d_r_e: really, that's the pinicle of commenting, a movie quote? i mean i'll invoke cultural memes to make quick friends over the intertubes as often as the next guy but it's not a coup de gras it's more a run of the mill.
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    Image of Grinning Kestrel Grinning Kestrel
    09/09/09

    @tetracycloide: But it was executed so well... *sniffle*
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    It's difficult to get stem cells because most of them come from embryos, which triggers both logistical and ethical problems for researchers.
    I've never heard of a researcher having ethical problems with embryonic stem cells, since they all come from embryos that are going to be disposed of anyway.
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    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    09/09/09

    @Darklighter: It wasn't the researchers with the ethical problems, it was the researches who had to deal with the ethical problems.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/09/09

    @I Think We're Property: so true. the researchers have to spend all their time dealing with screaming anti-science idiots instead of working.
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    Image of weedner weedner
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    wonder how the republicans will get this research not to be federally funded?
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Annalee Newitz approved this comment weedner was starred weedner was unstarred
    Image of ZekeSulastin ZekeSulastin
    09/09/09

    @weedner: THIS got promoted? Thanks for further proof that the current Gawker comments system is crap ...
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    Image of Kakkoii Kakkoii
    09/10/09

    @ZekeSulastin: Why wouldn't it get promoted? It's pretty in line with fact.
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    Klebert L. Hall promoted this comment Kakkoii was starred Kakkoii was unstarred
    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    09/10/09

    @Kakkoii:

    The non-factual nature of the comment seems pretty simple to discern - the anti-stem-cell Republicans aren't against funding medical research with Gov't. dollars, at all. They're mostly rich old men, who have a lot to gain from medical technology advancement. They are against stem-cell research for ridiculous, unscientific reasons, which this development seems to bypass; thus, they likely have no interest in blocking federal funding for this technique.
    -Kle.
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    Image of Kakkoii Kakkoii
    09/10/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: The thing is though, Republicans tend to be uneducated about this stuff. They hear the word "stem cell" and immediately go on the offense. Now I'm not saying all Republicans are like that. But a good portion aren't very open minded at all.
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    Image of Citizen Kang Citizen Kang
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    Sweet!!! The United States alone could provide all the stem cells needs of the entire world for generations. Heck, Texas would be enough for the entire Asian continent! Yay, fat-ass America!!!!
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    09/09/09

    @Citizen Kang: It could be our new export commodity.
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    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    09/09/09

    @Annalee Newitz: We can begin fat drives instead of blood drives!

    "Liposuction for Life!"
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment I Think We're Property was starred I Think We're Property was unstarred
    Image of Boas_MC Boas_MC
    09/09/09

    @Annalee Newitz: We could start up a new Fat for Oil program. Hell, with the amount of fat sloshing around the US, we could probably use it to wipe out all our trade deficits! I'm willing to do my part - it's a win-win!
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    09/09/09

    @Citizen Kang: So this is the future we foresee: ads touting "organically grown free range Americans" competing against "farm factory mass produced Americans". Interesting.
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    Edited by Chip Overclock at 09/09/09 11:06 AM Chip Overclock was starred Chip Overclock was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/09/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Our long national nightmare (and our huge national ass) is over.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/10/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Considering how many McDonald's, Burger Kings and KFC's there are worldwide, I think we've already shared our wealth of fat with the rest of the world.

    They can start manufacturing their own....
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    ANd I've been using it to make SOAP!?
    Shit I need a new line of work.
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    and I can provide an infinite supply of fat.

    Science +1
    Me +100000!! :D
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09/09/09

    @SuperTuna: don't you mean -?
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    09/09/09

    @tetracycloide: Maybe -fat for me - but +fat for me for Five Guys/The Counter burgers :D
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/09/09

    @SuperTuna: Mmm... custom burgers...
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    09/09/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: A few days ago I had something at The Counter which was weird.

    Grilled Pineapple, Red Peppers, Lettuce, gruyere cheese, fried egg, and Kung Pao sauce.

    Since the sauce was on the side, I tried the burger as is...ALL the taste canceled each other out! When I put the kung pao, I had a little bit of sweet spice that disappeared quickly.

    Also, if you get the chance, eat cool ranch doritos and frito-lay chips around a 1:1 size ratio. The taste will also cancel out (except for slight aftertaste)
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    09/09/09

    @SuperTuna: What also works with Pinapple and Mesquite barbecue sauce. I found that out at a custom-meal restaurant. You just grab food, stick it in a bowl, they cook it and give it back to you, and you eat it. It doesn't even have an aftertaste.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/09/09

    @SuperTuna: Oh man, gruyere. I usually get peanut sauce on the side. And must have fried egg. LUNCH TIME!
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    09/09/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: I started doing fried egg on impulse at a local greasy spoon. Now I take it where I can get it!
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    i guess this raises the question of who would buy stem cells that smell that heavily of bacon.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/09/09

    @tetracycloide: And that cheetos dust never comes off.
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    anyone else think of that scene from kentucky fried movie where the oil company was sucking oil from teenager's faces?
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    Image of lilliputzian lilliputzian
    09/09/09

    @evildead1971: take him to...Detroit.

    NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    Does this mean that we're going to be mining the obese?
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    09/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Gives the term "fat farm" a whole new apocalyptic flavor, doesn't it?
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    09/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: We're already doing so, only this way the clinics would do it for less money because the'd sell the fat instead of throwing it away

    I don't think It'll be worth the price of extraction, but who knows, maybe there'll be free liposuctions payed by stem cell research
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    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    Official Notice:

    The term "junk in the trunk" will be replaced with the more correct "science in the trunk".
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    Image of Brian St. Claire Brian St. Claire
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells
    Tyler Durden seen laughing maniacally in the background.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    09/09/09

    In reply to Human Fat Could Provide An Infinite Supply of Stem Cells

    Steam cell research and adipose tissue, what could possibly go wrong?
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    crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division promoted this comment Dirk Anger was starred Dirk Anger was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/09/09

    @Dirk Anger: It can't go wrong. Look how cute they are! Granted, they could completely break you down, but look how cute they are!
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    09/09/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Cute little fat babies! That was such a weird/great episode.
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    09/09/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Babies are fat n' chubby, but this is ridiculous!
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