Source: Medical News Today
Posted: October 31, 2006 - 11:00am (PST)
Summary:
Scientists from Newcastle University, UK, reported that small sections of human liver have been created from umbilical cord stem cells. The researchers say this technology could eventually be used to grow small livers that could be used for drug tests - doing away with the need for human volunteers to take risks. The scientists cautioned that it the ability to produce whole new livers for transplants is still far off. However, within the next 15 years, tiny livers could be produced and used for treating patients.
This finding seems as if it might be able to yield safer drug trials and replace damaged or diseased livers humans in the future.
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