Stem Cell Research
Embryonic stem cells extend survival in rats with experimental liver failure
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, June 13th, 2005
"Although liver transplantation has become a standard therapy for diseases such as fulminant hepatitis and cirrhosis, the lack of donor organs remains a major problem. One solution is the development of transplantable hepatocytes," scientists in Japan report.
"The metabolic characteristics as well as function and adaptation of hepatocytes (R-EES-hep cell) derived from rat early embryonic stem cells were examined after transplantation into rats with surgically induced liver failure," wrote I. Tabei and colleagues, Jikei University, School of Medicine.
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