Scientists create liver cells from patients' skin
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 13:42
in Biology & Nature
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have created liver cells in a lab for the first time by reprogramming stem cells taken from human skin, paving the way for potential new treatments for liver diseases that kill thousands each year.
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