Tissue-engineered human liver made from stem & progenitor cells

Researchers at the Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles generated mouse and human tissue-engineered livers from organoid units composed of stem and progenitor cells, according to a study published in Stem Cells Translational Medicine last month.

The tissue-engineered liver demonstrated normal attributes such as hepatocytes and blood cells and even restored some liver function in a mouse model of liver failure, according to the study.

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