Saturday, November 28, 2015

Human Hepatocytes Grown In Lab

Science Daily: Functional human liver cells grown in the lab
summary - A new technique for growing human hepatocytes in the laboratory has now been described by a team of researchers. This groundbreaking development could help advance a variety of liver-related research and applications, from studying drug toxicity to creating bio-artificial liver support for patients awaiting transplantations.

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

For a country full of alkies this is big news. Russia should pay attention as well.

Jim Sande said...

Sorry to say, but this was one of my first thoughts too and for the same reason.