Advancement in Liver Cell Regeneration
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The Editors at Hepatitis Central
March 8, 2012
Representing a potential treatment strategy for chronic liver disease, British scientists have been able to affect the production of new liver cells to heal liver damage.
Breakthrough could lead to cure for chronic liver disease
By Steve Connor
March 05 2012
MEDICAL scientists have taken an important step towards understanding how the diseased liver can repair itself in a breakthrough that could eventually lead to the development of new treatments for chronic liver illnesses, which at present can only be cured by organ transplants.
The researchers have worked out how to stimulate the production of vital liver cells known as hepatocytes which are lost when the liver is attacked by potentially fatal conditions such as cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis.
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