Adult stem cells creating facial soft tissue

Columbia University are using mesenchymal stem cells derived from patients' own bone marrow or adipose (fat) tissue then implanting them over a scaffold where they go to workcreating bone,fat,cartilage and other types of cells.
Imagine what this could (and will) mean for victims of accident or war and all those who have had disfiguring sugery for cancer. Grafts shrink and lose their shape and volume. In animal studies to date these implants do not - and, of course, there is no risk of rejection. Apart from that grafts taken from a patient's body create additional wounds.
This is amazing stuff and will bring realistic hope to all those who have disfiguring scars because these cells replicate themselves and differentiate into what the area needs.
Another example of how science is being driven forwards so rapidly in this exciting area of regenerative medicine. There's nothing alternative about it - this is mainstream medicine with vast potential. Adult stem cell research results are being released virtually daily. We are truly living in exciting times that will bring new hope to the hopeless and new lives to those suffering from a vast range of previously considered untreatable or hopeless conditions. Diseases like Freidreich's Ataxia can be helped right now. Heart failure patients and those who can only walk with great pain from periperal artery disease (PAD) can be helped right now. The list goes on and on. It's my privilege to make therapies using adult stem cells known so that patients can join the thousands already leading new lives because of adult stem cells.