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Stem cells used to boost breasts

Estadão Scientists in Japan claim to be able to increase the size of a woman´s breasts using fat and stem cells.The technique uses fat from the stomach or thigh which is then enriched with stem cells before being injected.It is hoped the method could prove a more natural-looking alternative to artificial implants filled with salt water or silicone.But plastic surgeons working in Britain have greeted news of the technique with "extreme caution." Kotaro Yoshimura, a surgeon at the Tokyo University medical school, said more than 40 patients had been treated. Mr Yoshimura said he believed the stem cell and fat combination, which can increase a woman´s cupsize by two sizes, was a success."There have been no serious complications," he said.During the operation, surgeons suck fat cells from the stomach or thigh, and this "slurry" is enriched so that there are higher numbers than usual of stem cells.These are "master" cells which are capable of making n

尼泊爾同性戀出頭天 身分證性別既男又女

(法新社加得滿都四日電) 尼泊爾唯一的同性戀人權團體藍鑽協會今天表示,一名男子已獲當局核發身分證,而性別欄正如同他所願,同時登錄為男性和女性。 藍鑽協會主席潘塔告訴法新社記者說,四十歲的拉尼一週前拿到新的身分證,不過性別欄既非男性也非女性,而是兩者。 潘塔說:「這是我們努力後的一大勝利,國內約有近十萬名變性人、同性戀或雙性戀者,他們一直不斷奮鬥,試圖取得以真實性別認知為基礎的身分證。」 潘塔表示,拉尼的公民證性別欄中,同時記載著男性和女性,他說:「這激勵了近四百名試圖尋求同樣管道獲得身分證的其他人。」 尼國法律並未把同性戀視為犯罪,不過「不正常性行為」仍可被處以最高一年徒刑。儘管如此,一名三十歲男子去年八月仍舉行一場非正式同性戀婚禮,將一名二十三歲男性「迎娶進門」。