SCIENTISTS FIND METHOD TO MAKE FAT A GOOD THING.(MAIN)

Byline: -- The Washington Post

Scientists for the first time have transformed human fat into a variety of tissue types, suggesting the much reviled substance may be an unexpected source of cells useful for the treatment of a wide range of ills.

Reporting in today's issue of the journal Tissue Engineering, researchers show that cells found in human fat can be made to grow into muscle cells in laboratory dishes. Working with quarts of the greasy yellow substance extracted by liposuction from patients' hips and …