Miniature human livers created in the lab
Posted on October 31st, 2010 by tel
Miniature human livers created in the lab
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Researchers have reached an early, but important, milestone in the quest to grow replacement livers in the lab. They are the first to use human liver cells to successfully engineer miniature livers that function — at least in a laboratory setting — like human livers. The next step is to see if the livers will continue to function after transplantation in an animal model.
Sourced from: ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News
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