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Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.
"We have people detained who have declared and stated how they murdered people with the aim being to extract their fat in rudimentary labs and sell it," said Police Commander Angel Toldeo.
One of those arrested told police the ringleader had been killing people for their fat for more than three decades.
...Gen Felix Burga, head of Peru's police criminal division, said there were indications that "an international network trafficking human fat" was operating from Peru.
The first person was arrested earlier this month in a bus station in Lima, carrying a shipment of the fat. ...one of the suspects ...said the fat was then sold to intermediaries in Lima and that the gang's leader, Hilario Cudena, had been carrying out such murders for decades, AP reported.
The alleged buyers of the fat are also being hunted by police.
BBC
“To date Entest has filed two previous patent applications covering use of fat stem cell components in COPD and methods of using photoceuticals to enhance stem cell therapy. The current patent application has a variety of derivative uses outside of COPD including treatment of transplantation rejection, and other disease in which the immune system has gone awry” Stated David Koos, Entest’s CEO.
Entest BioMedical Files 3rd Patent Application for COPD Stem Cell Treatment
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Shenzhen Beike Biotechnology Co. Ltd. ( www.beikebiotech.com... ), China's leading stem cell research and regenerative medicine company, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Yokohama-based Biomaster Inc. ( www.biomaster.jp... ) for investment in its advanced technologies. Biomaster specializes in research and commercialization of adipose-based (fat-based) stem cell therapies.
Beike Biotechnology Invests in Leading Japanese Regenerative Medicine Co., Biomaster Inc.
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British, Australian and American news outlets reported last week that groups in Melbourne and London had begun trials to use fat stem cells, derived from fat tissue from a patient's body, to rebuild a woman's breast following surgery. But while some predicted that the treatment would be available within a few years, that estimate ignores many of the safety concerns that accompany this type of research.
Will Stem Cells Help Breast Cancer Survivors Regain Breasts? New Treatments Offer Promise With High Risks
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India's First Stem Cell Therapy Laboratory Launched
It will introduce fat and skin cell therapies in near future
RMS Regrow, India's leading cell therapy services company, has launched its first cell therapy laboratory... Strategically placed in Lonavala, the lab is easily accessible from Mumbai and Pune.
..." ...We wish to redefine the current treatments available in stem cell therapy and initiate the application of these therapies to hospitals and doctors for the fast and improved recovery for cartilage and bone repair. We will be soon introducing fat and skin cell therapies in near future."
www.expresshealthcare.in...
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...stem cell therapy has great potential to treat autoimmune diseases,"...
...Currently, stem cell transplant is not allowed in some countries like the United States, some European countries, and South Korea unless it gets a market approval through clinical trials as new pharmaceutical drugs undergo. Chloe had to travel outside of the United States and to Japan or China where RNL established stem cell clinics. More than 2,000 patients with various diseases have been treated with stem cell therapeutics through RNL BIO since 2008.
Chloe visited Dr. Won, a plastic surgeon in Los Angeles to harvest her fat tissue around her belly button in last June. Then the tissue was sent to the laboratory RNL BIO in Germantown, Maryland, where they isolated stem cells, put them in liquid nitrogen shipper and transported them to RNL BIO in Seoul, Korea. It took them a month to expand her stem cells to a sufficient amount enough to treat her hearing loss.
RNL BIO Rescues a College Student from Autoimmune Hearing Loss
How do you mend a broken heart? Many scientists say stem cells are the answer, but they’re not sure how best to use them and make money doing it. ...private investors are hesitant to support stem cell therapies because they don’t have any approved treatments in the U.S. and there are concerns over defending intellectual property. ...Hare said some investors fear this could become like bone marrow transplants, which aren’t patent protected.
...Bioheart recently said it is collaborating on studies in Venezuela where stem cells derived from patients’ fat are injected into their hearts shortly after they suffer heart attacks. The TGI 1200 System – a machine that converts fat from liposuction into stem cells – works in about 60 minutes. ...Bioheart has a competitor on it hands in San Diego-based Cytori (NASDAQ: CYTX). Its Celation System also converts fat from liposuction into stem cells. ...Both Bioheart and Cytori say their devices deserve a unique patent...
...New York-based Angioblast looks to bypass intellectual property issues by developing its stem cell-based cardiac treatment like a drug. It isolated and purified what it considers the ideal donor stem cell and has mass-produced it for injection into damaged hearts. ...Angioblast VP of Operations Michael Schuster said early results from two clinical trials are encouraging. He believes it will prove more consistent than patient stem cells, which could be weak when derived from sick or elderly patients.
Key stem cell research under way
Dr. Neil Sadick, a professor of dermatology at Cornell Weill Medical College in New York, said using a product with someone else's fat carries the risk of an immunological reaction, which is why people who do use products with human fat get the fat from their own body.
Peru gang accused of killing to sell human fat
Originally posted by Hazystars
Seriously though, how much can fat be worth on the black market?
...two of the suspects were arrested carrying bottles of liquid human fat and told police it was worth about $15,000 per litre.
Peru police hold 'fat gang' killers
Originally posted by soficrow
Originally posted by Hazystars
Seriously though, how much can fat be worth on the black market?
About $15,000 per litre.
...two of the suspects were arrested carrying bottles of liquid human fat and told police it was worth about $15,000 per litre.
Peru police hold 'fat gang' killers
Wow, i'm in the wrong business!! Fat is a lucrative market! Thanks for the link.
Originally posted by TruthxIsxInxThexMist
I'm starting to think i should get myself a gun...... for protection!
This world is already a pretty sick place without this going on....
Originally posted by infolurker
Yeah, Kind of dumb to kill people for fat when they can get all the human fat they want for free in the U.S.
People would line up to get "fat" sucked out and it sure as hell is one of the dumbest reasons I have ever heard to "kill" for.
Originally posted by Hazystars
"To make soap, first we render fat." Couldn't help myself.
Originally posted by jerico65
Originally posted by Hazystars
"To make soap, first we render fat." Couldn't help myself.
Holy Fight Club, Batman, that's the first thing I thought of, too!
Originally posted by mamabeth
Originally posted by TruthxIsxInxThexMist
I'm starting to think i should get myself a gun...... for protection!
This world is already a pretty sick place without this going on....
I think you should buy a gun and I wouldn't put it off either.I hear the
price of ammo is going to double soon.