Scientists create liver cells from patients' skin

Monday 6 September 2010

Scientists have created liver cells in a lab for the first time using reprogrammed cells from human skin, paving the way for the potential development of new treatments for liver diseases that kill thousands each year.

>> http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67O4RC20100825


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