Medical breakthrough

I read an amazing story in the November 12, 2009 issue of the New York Post, which I found on page 10. Scientists in Australia will soon perform tests that could help cancer victims who have had mastectomies regrow their breasts. If the experiment is a success, women could form a new breast in 4-6 months, as reported in the Herald Sun of Melbourne. The procedure uses stem cells of the patient’s own fat. According the article, surgeons implant a breast-shaped, biodegradable synthetic chamber under the skin of the patient’s chest as a scaffold for the breast to grow in. The articles further states that this procedure, if successful, can have an impact on cosmetic surgery by offering the availability for women to grow their breasts naturally, as apposed to breast implants. I truly consider this to be a remarkable breakthrough in the field of medicine. What will they think of next?