Organ SEEDs Grow New Liver Tissue (1 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Organ SEEDs Grow New Liver Tissue (1 of 4)

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Researchers mixed together human liver cells (hepatocytes) and human connective tissue cells (fibroblasts) to create small aggregates that grew and expanded.

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Stevens <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine </i>(2017)

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