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British scientists grow human liver in a laboratory

British scientists have grown the world's first artificial liver from stem cells in a breakthrough that will one day provide entire organs for transplant. The liver tissue was created from stem cells found in blood from an umbilical cord minutes ... Read more

Published Monday, October 30, 2006 9:24 PM by KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News

Tags: Stem cells, Regenerative medicine, Tissue engineering, Liver

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Afn wrote on October 31, 2006 7:07 AM

Scientists grow the world's first artificial liver from stem cells and they want to wait two years to use it to test new drugs. Old thinking versus new thinking, why test new drugs when you can functionally grow whole organs? Just replace with new tissue that is functional.