content: Unfortunately for your horror movie, the article's clear that the stem cells are sourced from the patient herself. In fact, despite the author's whining, this is the sort of thing that no form of pluripotent stem cell would've ever been looked at for: it's been known for quite some time that adults have less flexible stem cells lying around and adding extra fat is just the right job for them. (Also, embryonic stem cell research turned out to be a dead end, but induced pluripotent stem cells look to be able to fulfill their promise - without having to get someone else's DNA involved)