Skin cells made into liver cells (SBS)
Research has shown results in transforming skin cells into liver cells, with hopes of tailoring alternative treatments for liver-transplant patients.
Scientists have transformed human skin cells into fully functioning liver cells with "extremely promising" therapeutic potential.
Transplanted into laboratory mice with liver failure, the cells matured and multiplied over a period of nine months.
In future, they could form the basis of personalised treatments for patients who might otherwise need a liver transplant . . . To read further please click on the title.
Source: AAP
Research has shown results in transforming skin cells into liver cells, with hopes of tailoring alternative treatments for liver-transplant patients.
Scientists have transformed human skin cells into fully functioning liver cells with "extremely promising" therapeutic potential.
Transplanted into laboratory mice with liver failure, the cells matured and multiplied over a period of nine months.
In future, they could form the basis of personalised treatments for patients who might otherwise need a liver transplant . . . To read further please click on the title.
Source: AAP
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