FfFfFfFF 58,113 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 In a groundbreaking study, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have engineered fully functional mini livers using human skin cells. “Seeing that little human organ there inside the animal – brown, looking like a liver – that was pretty cool. This thing that looks like a liver and functions like a liver came from somebody’s skin cells,” said Dr. Soto-Gutierrez. The mini livers, which can be custom-made using a patient’s cells, secrete bile acids and perform other functions just like a normal liver. While it takes up to two years for a liver to fully develop under natural conditions, the livers engineered by the Pittsburgh team matured in under a month. https://www.earth.com/news/experts-create-custom-made-mini-livers-using-skin-cells/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 25,164 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Woah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic 20,830 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Well liver me timbers, that’s-a good news! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brecht 7 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Wait what? Isn't this Meredith Grey's research in the last season of Grey's Anatomy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenMortuana 1,219 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I wonder how much it'll cost Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adarsh Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 minute ago, jzraei said: I wonder how much it'll cost Less than a new iPhone I’m sure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastertoyo 22,734 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 And my liver? custom Giuseppe Zannoti please enlighten me to death Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Temptation 11,209 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Time to become a raging alcoholic now that i can grow a spare liver Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo 4,410 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 This gives new meaning to the term "liver spots". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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